PRESIDENTIAL aspirant Ka Leody de Guzman remains optimistic in his candidacy despite his low placing in surveys.

De Guzman on Thursday said that the true results of the elections will be known in May 2022. Surveys, he said, are only gauging mechanisms to determine the results.

He added that electoral reforms are needed to level the playing field among candidates to give “leaders of the masses” a fighting chance against elitist and rich politicians.

De Guzman placed 7th in the latest Pulse Asia survey with 0.01 percent of the respondents in favor of his presidential bid.

“Hindi tayo natitinag sa resulta ng survey. Tuloy lang sa pagtataas ng diskurso para pag-usapan ng masa ang plataporma ng mga solusyon sa kanilang pang araw-araw na mga problema,” De Guzman said in a statement on Facebook.

“Kapag nakita nila ang kaibahan ng kandidatong manggagawa, umaasa akong makukuha ko ang kanilang tiwala’t suporta. Manalig sa masa,” he added.