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Marcos, Duterte proclaimed winners in PH’s fastest vote count
MANILA – The Congress on Wednesday proclaimed former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. as the country’s new president and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte as vice president following the fastest canvassing in the country’s election history.
The House and Senate, acting as the National Board of Canvassers (NBOC), approved the joint canvassing committee report and adopted the accompanying resolution of both chambers on the proclamation of the duly elected winners in the May 9 presidential and vice presidential elections.
The joint congressional canvassing committee, confirmed that Marcos had won the presidency by a landslide 31,629,783 votes, or more than 16 million votes ahead of second placer presidential candidate Leni Robredo.
Duterte, on the other hand, also overwhelmingly won the vice presidential race in the Congress’ official count with 32,208,417 votes, or a huge margin of 22 million over her closest rival, Senator Francis Pangilinan.
Senate President Vicente Sotto III and Speaker Lord Allan Velasco proclaimed Marcos and Duterte as duly elected President and Vice President.
The declaration comes after a two-day official vote tally by the country’s National Board of Canvassers.
House Majority Leader Martin Romualdez highlighted that the voter turnout during the May 9 polls was at a record-breaking 83.11 percent with more than 55 million voters.
“Indeed, our democracy is alive and vibrant! The ever-growing political interest shown by our electorate is symbolic of the people’s clamor for change, prosperity, and progress,” Romualdez said.
He noted that the Joint Committee canvassed a total of 171 certificates of canvass (CoCs), 132 of which were electronically transmitted to the Consolidated and Canvassing System (CCS) by the Board of Canvassers of provinces, cities, and overseas absentee voting countries, while 39 were physically delivered to the Senate from the Special Board of Canvassers for overseas absentee voting, local absentee voting, and detainee voting.
He urged Filipinos to put political divisiveness behind them and to support the newly proclaimed top leaders of the country.
“With the country reeling from the impact of a global pandemic and other major calamities and disasters, it was evident that the nation was divided as to what direction to take in order to move forward. But the majority has spoken. It is high time that we listen to their voice and uphold the outcome of our democratic process,” he said.
“Let us heal the wounds of political division, brace ourselves for the challenges ahead, and move forward as a strong and united Philippines. Let us be prepared to work harder for the nation and give our full support to the new leadership. At the end of the day, we are all Filipinos and we want nothing than to see our beloved nation chart its own course and ultimately triumph,” he added.
The Marcos-Duterte UniTeam tandem won on a platform of unity, which will be the “stepping-stone” of the country’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.
Earlier, several world leaders including those from the US, China, Russia, Japan, Australia, South Korea and the European Union have congratulated Marcos on his win.
Following Congress’ proclamation of Marcos as the president-elect, the transition period will begin leading to the inauguration on June 30.
Duterte, meanwhile, earlier announced that her inauguration is set for June 19.
Janice Ian
May 25, 2022 at 12:02 PM
Congratulations PRESIDENT FERDINAND MARCOS JR. & VICE PRESIDENT SARA DUTERTE. Sana po ay magkaroon ng mas magandang kinabukasan ang bansa natin, at mabigyan ng pagpapahalaga ang lahat lalo nasa sa usaping pang-kalusugan. Naway ang inyong anim na taong paglilingkod ay maging kasaganahan para sa lahat.
Jay Soliman
May 25, 2022 at 7:48 PM
Great! thanks to our DOTR in providing a Free MRT rides. As we look forward, MRT’s are also going great as we saw a lot of improvement and continues operation without getting severe problems. I hope DOTR will also focus more on our transport system to improve and to be more reliable incase of submerging cars at edsa.
Jay Soliman
May 25, 2022 at 7:58 PM
Congratulations BongBong Marcos who has been proclaim as the next President of the Philippines. I hope that even he never promise, he may continue the good work not for him but for all the filipinos our there. To the bright future for our country, Mabuhay Mga Filipino
ML Judith
May 25, 2022 at 11:47 PM
There is no place for acceptance in a feat driven by manipulation and deceit.
3000 killed, 35000 tortured, 70000 incarcerations, 77 disappearances under Martial Law during Ferdinand Marcos’ regime. I will not accept leader who blatantly violate human rights. Never. #NeverAgain
Vee-Jay Lee
May 25, 2022 at 8:13 PM
Congratulation to newly elected President of the Philippines. Sana patuloy lang tayong mangangarap para sa kinabukasan nang ating bansa. Sana sa bagong presidente nang pilipinas ay mas lalo pa nito mapayabong at maaksiyunan ang mga problema na kinahaharap nang ating bansa. We look forward to our future, we strive we take we survive.
James Ibarra
May 25, 2022 at 10:45 PM
Mr. President you did not win the vice president post last 2016 because you are destined to be our 17th President! Congratulations!! Proud part of the 31m.
May the Lord continue bless, guide and give you wisdom for the decision makings for the Philippines..to make the Philippines be great again.Please do not let the people and country down. Prove that you deserve the votes and the people’s trust. May God bless the Republic of the Philippines!
Sonny Ramirez
May 25, 2022 at 10:07 PM
Congratulations mr president Bongbong Marcos and VP inday sarah. Your victory is our victory too. God bless you and gives you the wisdom like King Solomon, and the boldness of faith like King David. We will always pray for you as our new president to lead the Filipino people and the Philippines into its greatness again.
Jay Mark Hernandez
May 26, 2022 at 5:43 AM
Congratulations to our BBM and Duterte. It’s talk about our future as being Filipinos. Lahat ng mga platforms ng Uniteam ay isasagawa nationwide. Walang kupas at walang halong biro ang lahat ng ito. Karapat-dapat sila na manalo dahil ang Pilipinas ay kailangan ng tunay na mamumuno at magpapaunlad sa bansa. Responsibility is the key to improve currency of our money. Fight poverty, to fight it, tanggalin ang korupsyon at yun ang gagawin ng ating President. Mabuhay ang New Elected Pres. And VP. Mabuhay, mabuhay ang Pilipinas.
Darlyn Gomez
May 26, 2022 at 5:59 AM
Wala po talagang dayaan sa mga presinto kc 100% transmitted po yan sa mga servers nila. Pagdating sa mga servers nila, yon ang di na namin alam kc wala ng access kaming mga nagserve sa election sa mga servers nila. Anyway pwede man magpamanual count if may duda, ask poll watchers and ppcrv the results by precinct.
Well Congratulations to our new President.