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Article: Run-off elections.(Opinion & Editorial)
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- Manila Bulletin
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- February 4, 2002
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(Editor's note: Presidential candidates of proven achievements, integrity and charisma need not worry about getting a majority of the voters' national preference.)
COFFEE shop guests and regulars claim they have the benefit of wisdom (years of experience) and can intelligently discuss among themselves political institutions in the country.
Last week they tackled the subject of run-off elections for at least two presidential candidates with the biggest vote but did not get the majority.
Senator Ramon Magsaysay, Jr. proposed the run-off mechanism after noting that in May 1992 Fidel V. Ramos obtained 23 percent of the votes cast (the lowest ...