MANILA, Philippines – Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr edged out leading vice presidential candidate Leni Robredo on the second day of the official canvassing of votes for president and vice president on Thursday, May 26.
The independent bet, who accused Robredo’s camp of cheating in
the elections, snatched the top spot by around 6 pm, and maintained his lead
that peaked at 1.9 million over Robredo.
The difference of votes between the two tight contenders
narrowed down, however, when votes from Camarines Sur and Mindanao came in
later.
By the end of canvassing at 10 pm, Marcos’ vote count was at
13,214, 810 while Robredo's was at 13,131,330. Marcos is now ahead by only
83,480 votes.
Votes from the “Solid North” provinces – known to have delivered
to the Marcos clan – were canvassed on Thursday. Marcos got the most votes in
Pangasinan, which is the most vote-rich among the provinces in the Ilocos
Region:
- Ilocos Norte – 298, 786
- Ilocos Sur – 316, 121
- La Union – 338, 455
- Pangasinan – 832, 711
He also got significantly more votes over Robredo in northern
Luzon provinces outside but near Ilocandia:
- Isabela – 516, 926
- Abra – 112, 694
Robredo only got 88,317 and 5,457 votes in these provinces,
respectively.
The surge in Marcos’ numbers were also from certificates of
canvass (COC) of vote-rich provinces that were audited on Thursday. Luzon
provinces with a huge voting population delivered huge for him:
- Cavite – 556, 785
- Laguna – 441, 154
- Bulacan – 556, 480
- Pampanga – 434, 235
Robredo led the partial official vote count by 295,492 during
the first day of
canvassingon Wednesday, May 25,
when 48 out of the 166 COCs were canvassed.
Undelivered COCs
Congress has yet to canvass 52 COCs after it accomplished 66
COCs on Thursday.
Four COCs – from Antique, Kuwait, Canada, and Iloilo City – have
yet to be cleared by the canvassing committee.
In the case of Antique, there was a slight discrepancy between
the votes recorded in the electronically-transmitted and physically-transmitted
COCs.
Meanwhile, the COC from Kuwait is still held at the Bureau of
Customs pending clearance for release.
The one coming from Canada is awaiting delivery.
Votes from Iloilo City
have also been unaccounted as of Thursday since the ballot boxes from the area
did not contain any COC. – Rappler.com
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