MILF: Team PNoy win good for peace
Among the groups in an apparent celebratory mood as President Aquino’s allies appeared to dominate the senatorial race is the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).
Among the groups in an apparent celebratory mood as President Aquino’s allies appeared to dominate the senatorial race is the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).
Exuberant over Team PNoy’s rout of the opposition in the last elections, President Benigno Aquino III said Wednesday night he was looking ahead to 2016, but conceded that electoral victory for whomever his administration would support then would hinge on the continuity of his reforms in the next three years.
Senator Franklin Drilon on Thursday called on the United Nationalist Alliance to concede Team PNoy’s election victory in order to discourage conspiracy theories and allegations of irregularity regarding the May 13 mid-term elections.
Two allies of President Aquino—who belong to the Alcala and Tañada families in Quezon—suffered defeat in the May 13 elections.
It’s 9-3 in favor of the administration coalition as the final three winning senators—Cynthia Villar, JV Ejercito and Gregorio Honasan—were finally proclaimed Saturday night as the Commission on Elections (Comelec) completed the canvassing of all locally cast votes in the senatorial race.
With the senatorial elections over, the final score is 9-3 in favor of the administration-backed Team PNoy coalition.
The administration’s Team PNoy on Thursday called on election officials to explain the alleged glitches that had slowed the official canvass of Monday’s polling.
Malacañang described the 9-3 win of Team PNoy in the Senate race, as well as the overwhelming victory of administration candidates in local polls, as a resounding endorsement of President Benigno Aquino III’s ‘straight path’ agenda.
Allies of President Benigno Aquino III continued to lead the senatorial race for the 2013 midterm elections, with nine taking over out of 12 slots as of Tuesday morning, based on partial and unofficial results of election watchdog Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting.
Malacañang expects the senators who ran and won under the administration’s Team PNoy coalition to support President Aquino’s big-ticket legislation like the organic law for the Bangsamoro autonomous region that will seal the government’s peace deal with the separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).
Nine senatorial candidates from the administration Team PNoy, while three from the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) have made it to the top 12 based on the partial and unofficial quick count of election watchdog Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) as of 11:04 p.m. Monday.
A candidate of the administration Team PNoy slate praised this city’s mayor for crossing party lines to support the entire senatorial ticket of President Aquino, saying it was a laudable act that would benefit the city.
“Go out and vote tomorrow (Monday),” Malacañang urged Filipinos on Saturday, acknowledging that the midterm elections are a referendum on President Benigno Aquino III’s administration.
