Davao City Mayor Rodrigo “Rody” Duterte topped a pre-election survey conducted on November 28 — a day after he filed his certificate of candidacy for president, reports CNN Philippines.

Duterte was the choice of 3 out of 10 Filipinos or 30 percent of the respondents of the survey commissioned by the Manila Broadcasting Company and its flagship station DZRH.

The survey was conducted just days before Duterte’s controversial speech at the PDP-Laban party proclamation where he allegedly cursed at Pope Francis and said other remarks that drew flak from the public. READ MORE