Instead of telling the opposition to concede defeat in the senatorial election, the administration should ask the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to investigate the supposed “60-30-10” pattern in the returns so the public will know what really happened, the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) said on Friday.
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.
The United Nationalist Alliance will not rest easy even after the proclamation of all 12 senators.
With the senatorial elections over, the final score is 9-3 in favor of the administration-backed Team PNoy coalition.
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) en banc, sitting as the National Board of Canvassers (NBOC), is set to decide on the motion of the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) to suspend the proclamation of winning senators.
The allegations by United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) spokesman Tobias Tiangco of data manipulation by Smartmatic were “completely, utterly false” according to its president.
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.
It’s clear to former President Joseph Estrada and the other leaders of the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) that Monday’s elections are just a preliminary battle in the bigger war three years from now.
The United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) Friday night staged in Tondo, Manila, the first of what would turn out to be “back-to-back” grand rallies for their final campaign salvo with only two days left before the midterm elections on Monday.
Just two days before voters finally make their decision on who they want to take on 12 of the vacant seats in the Senate, opposition leaders took a swipe at administration slate’s 12-0 pronouncement.
Will another massive power interruption leave voters literally in the dark on Monday?
A grenade was hurled at a house in Manila owned by a candidate running for mayor in Mindanao before dawn Thursday, police said, but added that no one was hurt.
Rival senatorial candidates from Team PNoy and the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) are set to appear in a rare TV advertisement next week.
