Magno Ardenia, ABS-CBN News

<figure class="op-social"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="350" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CP1jus4lgMY" width="600"></iframe></figure>The collapse of Senator Francis &quot;Chiz&quot; Escudero&#x27;s campaign greatly improved Liberal Party bet Leni Robredo&#x27;s chances at becoming vice president, analysts said Tuesday.Political analysts, professors Edmund Tayao and Popoy De Vera, believe the dramatic decline in the numbers of Escudero, who led the early pre-election surveys, became beneficial to Robredo, as she ate into her fellow Bicolano&#x27;s votes.“I think what happened is that the campaign of Chiz simply collapsed. Because the numbers of Bongbong are consistent with the trend going up, it’s actually going up, but Chiz really is now down to 12 percent so Leni ate into the votes of Chiz, not into the votes of Bongbong,” De Vera told ANC Tuesday.De Vera explained, in particular, Leni eating up Escudero&#x27;s votes in Metro Manila, known for not voting administration bets, is a turning point for her numbers.“I am surprised how strong Leni is in Metro Manila because before it was a Bongbong versus Chiz race in Metro Manila and Leni went up to more than 20 percent in Metro Manila whereas Mar is 8 to 10 percent,” he said.“Metro Manila never votes administration, so she’s been able to capture significant portions of votes in Metro Manila at the expense of Chiz Escudero,” said De Vera.The experts also dismissed the idea that it was Robredo&#x27;s anti-Marcos stance that sent her on top.“The argument that Leni was trying to carry the anti-Marcos vote, the anti-authoritarianism, I don’t believe in that, I think simply because the numbers of Chiz dramatically just collapsed and Leni ate it up,” De Vera said.Escudero conceded Tuesday, with a message expressing that he prefers Robredo, a &quot;kababayan,&quot; to win the VP race.READ: <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/halalan2016/nation/05/10/16/chiz-prefers-kababayan-to-win-vp-race">Chiz prefers &#x27;kababayan&#x27; to win VP race</a>At around 4:59 A.M. on Tuesday, Robredo has taken the lead with 36,876 votes, ahead of now second placer Marcos.READ: <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/halalan2016/nation/05/09/16/leni-overtakes-bongbong-in-vp-race">Leni overtakes Bongbong in VP race</a>Marcos supporters started questioning the legitimacy of the VP election results when Leni led the race but analysts said such buzz is already expected.“The whole legitimacy of this electoral process now hinges on the vice presidential race because every time it’s a tight race and one of the contenders is backed by the administration, there’s always contention in everybody’s mind, not just in the mind of Bongbong Marcos, that something is being done to delay certain transmission results versus others so that a trend could be establish,” De Vera said.As of 4:39 PM, May 10, Robredo is leading with 13,605,015 votes, closely followed by Marcos with 13,394,086 votes, according to Comelec&#x27;s partial, unofficial results.

Early Tuesday vice presidential bet Congresswoman Leni Robredo edged out closest rival Senator Bongbong Marcos and experts believe another VP candidate's campaign collapse is instrumental leading to this.

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Leni benefitted from Chiz's campaign collapse: analysts

Magno Ardenia,

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Published May 10, 2016 05:08 PM PHT

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