I would not, but he can have a handful if he says so. Sounds funny but this only shows how charismatic Manny is to his followers. He would not be a senator for nothing.
Manny doesn't seem charismatic to me at all. In fact, he doesn't seem to have much of a personality at all, but maybe he's more charismatic in his native tongue. I think it's more a case of him being a champion and a working class hero from humble beginnings that most Filipinos get behind him. People treat him like a god there and they will follow anything he says and defend him whenever he does something wrong or amoral, but I doubt he got voted in merely because of his polices, but because of his fame and has legions of fans. If you appeal to the masses then by the very nature of democracy you will get the most votes and win. Why vote for some faceless politician you know nothing about when you can vote for your hero who put your country on the map?