Estrada warns poll cheaters<\/p>\n
MANILA (Reuters): Joseph Estrada, whom many in the Philippines
\nexcept his top rival believe has won the presidential election,
\nwarned officials not to cheat him of victory.<\/p>\n
An unofficial count showed him leading by over one million
\nvotes. But House Speaker Jose de Venecia, the ruling party
\ncandidate and outgoing President Fidel Ramos's preferred
\nsuccessor, has brushed off Estrada's claim to victory because
\nonly a fraction of the 27 million votes cast in Monday's election
\nhad been counted.<\/p>\n
Scorned by the elite but loved by the poor, Vice-President and
\nex-film star Estrada called on officials in charge of the vote
\ncount, \"not to throw away (your) careers to a politician who will
\nlose this election.\"<\/p>\n
The latest tally by a government-sanctioned private group
\nshowed Estrada had 2.1 million votes, far ahead of de Venecia,
\nwho had dropped to fourth place with 729,000 votes. Businessman
\nLito Osmena had shot up to second place with 787,000 votes.<\/p>",
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