A voter shades the circle of her chosen candidates on this file photograph. Comelec file photograph
MANILA, Philippines — Marinduque Province gubernatorial guess Lord Allan Velasco is looking for for a guide recount of votes within the 2025 midterm elections after falling quick from the race with simply over 300 vote-margin.
His authorized counsel, Atty. Rowell Ilagan filed the election protest earlier than the Fee on Elections (Comelec) on Friday. Ilagan stated that they’re looking for to contest 189 precincts, which they are going to imagine will make an affect on the election outcomes.
“The governor received the race with a 389-vote margin. And based mostly on our research, there are 10,175 unaccounted votes. So these votes can positively have an effect on the outcomes of the elections and naturally what actually disenfranchised our voters,” Ilagan instructed reporters in a mixture of Filipino and English throughout an interview.
(The governor received the race with a 389-vote margin. And based mostly on our research, there are 10,175 unaccounted votes. So these votes can positively have an effect on the outcomes of the elections and naturally what actually disenfranchised our voters.)
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In response to the official and last outcomes of the elections, the tight gubernatorial race confirmed that Velasco acquired 65,726 votes whereas his rival, Mel Go received the race with 66,115 votes.
When requested for the proof for the unaccounted votes, Ilagan stated that there have been 142,000 ballots processed within the province however solely 131,000 voted for the gubernatorial place.
“So there is perhaps overvote or undervote or the machines didn’t learn the votes correctly. In order that’s why we’re demanding a guide recount for these precincts to find out the actual votes,” Ilagan added in a mixture of Filipino and English.
Ilagan stated that Velasco’s camp believes that there are irregularities within the automated counting machines used within the elections. Ilagan famous that some votes might not be correctly learn by the machines.
The authorized counsel additionally shared that apart from the unaccounted votes, the grounds for the election protest embody different electoral fraud.
“There [is] electoral fraud, and irregularities within the conduct of elections. We even have affidavits from witnesses proving vote-buying, irregularities in the course of the conduct of the elections,” he stated.
Ilagan talked about that there have been reviews of intimidation, risk, and vote-buying in favor of a candidate.
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Comelec Chairman George Erwin Garcia on Thursday reiterated that alleged election anomalies are stable grounds to file an election protest. Garcia stated that it is a treatment for the dropping candidates to contest the outcomes of the election.
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The deadline for submitting an election protest is about 10 days after the successful candidate is proclaimed. /jpv
