Edited sentence: "We would like to thank all our brothers in the Iglesia Ni Cristo, particularly Ka Erdie and Ka Eduardo, for the support..." said Defensor in a television news interview.Arroyo went on to win the election, in which the INC bloc vote was probably the determining factor.When running for re-election, in February 2004, President Arroyo and her campaign manager, Michael Defensor, paid a "courtesy call" on Eduardo Manalo