THE Partido Abe Kapampangan (PAK) called the survey released by the camp of mayoral candidate Alex Cauguiran as "fake news" and revealed a survey done by Argus Polls Inc. showing the party's official candidate for mayor, Bryan Nepomuceno, leading by a wide margin over his two main rivals.
"Fake news po yang survey na nilabas nila. Unang-una, sila-sila lang gumawa ng survey nila. Pangalawa, hindi naman scientific ang survey na yan. Kami may sarili rin surveys pero hindi namin nilalabas sa publiko. Pero itong survey ng Argus Polls Inc. ay independent survey po ito na inisponsor ng isang negosyante," said Socrates Sabile, PAK executive committee member and Nepomuceno's campaign manager.
In the said survey, Nepomuceno was chosen by 56 percent of the respondents, while Carmelo Lazatin Jr. and Alex Cauguiran only got 31 percent and 13 percent, respectively.
"Hindi po nalalayo sa surveys namin ito. Mataas pa nga po dito si Ginoong Cauguiran. Sa lahat po ng sarili naming surveys, seven percent hanggang nine percent lang siya," Sabile said.
He also said that surveys conducted by the Social Weather Stations and NLEX were "very similar" to the Argus Polls survey results.
The Angeles City-wide Argus Polls Inc. survey was conducted from April 28 to May 1, with 3,508 respondents and a margin of error of 1.67 percent.