6 senatorial winners proclaimed

THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) proclaimed the top six winners of the Senatorial race last night at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) after three days of counting.
Winners were proclaimed after the Comelec, sitting as the National Board of Canvassers, dismissed the bid of the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) to suspend the proclamation amidst allegations of anomalies in the computerized count.
Grace Poe, former Movie and Television Review and Classification Board chairperson and daughter of the late Fernando Poe Jr., led the tally. She was followed by Senators Loren Legarda,  Alan Peter Cayetano, Francis Escudero, Nancy Binay, and Aurora Representative Edgardo Angara Jr.
Binay, daughter of Vice President Jejomar Binay, is the only member of the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) who managed to land in the top six.
The winning senators will assume their new post on June 30.
Comelec Chairman Sixto Brillantes said the certificates of proclamation were given in alphabetical order.
“We do not have the votes as yet as this is a partial proclamation,” Comelec Chairman Sixto Brillantes said.
The NBOC failed to fulfill its promise to proclaim all the 12 candidates within 48 hours after elections due to a delay in the transmission of certificates of canvass (CoCs) from polling precincts around the country. /Inquirer