MANILA: Philippine President Gloria Arroyo remained in a dead heat with movie star rival Fernando Poe in the latest opinion poll yesterday, prompting warnings of “chaos” if no candidate wins a decisive mandate in May elections.
The two main contenders were separated by just a wafer-thin margin in the latest nationwide survey barely a month before the May 10 vote – with Arroyo at 31.4% and Poe on 32.0% – fuelling fears of uncertainty.
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