Pinoy Election 2010

On the same day, the Senate President pointed to a fellow senator as the emissary to a presidential bet from one of the leading candidates for the former to drop from the race.

The Comelec disqualified en banc Kilusang Bagong Lipunan standard bearer Vetellano Acosta for putting the electoral process in mockery. Among the reasons the Comelec cited in declaring Acosta a nuisance candidate was he did not know the party's vice presidential and senatorial candidates. The Comelec also observed that Acosta has made himself scarce since the start of the campaign period, and is not even a registered voter.

Acosta's disqualification leaves nine presidential candidates for the May 10 poll.

Meanwhile, Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile identified Sen. Edgardo Angara as the alleged broker sent by Nacionalista Party candidate Sen. Manuel Villar to convince Bagumbayan bet Sen. Richard Gordon to withdraw from the race. Gordon claimed in a radio interview on Tuesday that Villar sent an emissary to offer him money in exchange for Gordon backing out of the race. Gordon did not identify the Villar emissary.

Villar and Angara denied Enrile's charges. To compound matters, Gordon said in a radio interview on Wednesday, Villar's middleman was not a senator.