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About 25 million Filipinos are expected to go to the polls next Monday for a remarkable election in which virtually every office in the land is at stake. Voters will choose a new president and vice president, 24 senators, 200 congressmen, and 16,979 provincial and local officials. More than 82,000 people are running.
In the presidential race, seven candidates are competing to succeed Corazon Aquino, who has declined to run again. No one has taken a clear lead despite weeks of frenetic campaigning. Polls suggest former Defense Secretary Fidel V. Ramos and ex-Judge Miriam Defensor Santiago are the most popular, followed closely by businessman Eduardo Cojuangco Jr. and House Speaker Ramon V. Mitra.
With about 25 deaths so far, the campaign has seen considerably less violence than in previous Philippine elections.
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