Discrepancies noted in Zambales COC
Discrepancies between the summary statement of votes (SOV) and the provincial certificate of canvass (COC) from Zambales province showed Genuine Opposition senatorial candidates Francis Escudero and Alan Peter Cayetano losing 100,000 votes each.
The Commission on Elections en banc discovered the discrepancy Friday while tabulating results from six provinces and eight Overseas Absentee Voting posts.
In the SOV, Escudero had 185,923 votes but the COC only reflected 85,923 votes. Cayetano was credited with 129,198 votes in the SOV but the COC only showed 29,198 votes.
COMELEC Chairman Benjamin Abalos said the poll body will resolve the discrepancies by checking the statements of votes of every municipality and city in Zambales.
Zambales has one city, Olongapo, and 13 municipalities including Botolan, Cabangan, Candelaria, Castillejos, Iba, Masinloc, Palauig, San Antonio, San Felipe, San Marcelino, San Narciso, Sta. Cruz and Subic.
Despite the discrepancy, Go candidates still dominated the count in the province.
Team Unity's Vic Magsaysay, who is the outgoing governor of the province, failed to top the senatorial race in Zambales. He got 109,760 while GO's Antonio Trillanes IV got 130,663 votes.
ABS-CBN correspondent Lynda Jumilla said GO candidates also dominated the tallies in Quirino, Marinduque and Aurora provinces.
COMELEC's official count as of 7 p.m. Thursday showed four GO bets in the top five. Loren Legarda led the race followed by Escudero, Manuel Villar III, Panfilo Lacson and independent candidate Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan.
In sixth to 12th places were GO's Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III, Cayetano and Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III; TU's Joker Arroyo, Edgardo Angara and Ralph Recto; and GO's Trillanes.
The Commission on Elections en banc discovered the discrepancy Friday while tabulating results from six provinces and eight Overseas Absentee Voting posts.
In the SOV, Escudero had 185,923 votes but the COC only reflected 85,923 votes. Cayetano was credited with 129,198 votes in the SOV but the COC only showed 29,198 votes.
COMELEC Chairman Benjamin Abalos said the poll body will resolve the discrepancies by checking the statements of votes of every municipality and city in Zambales.
Zambales has one city, Olongapo, and 13 municipalities including Botolan, Cabangan, Candelaria, Castillejos, Iba, Masinloc, Palauig, San Antonio, San Felipe, San Marcelino, San Narciso, Sta. Cruz and Subic.
Despite the discrepancy, Go candidates still dominated the count in the province.
Team Unity's Vic Magsaysay, who is the outgoing governor of the province, failed to top the senatorial race in Zambales. He got 109,760 while GO's Antonio Trillanes IV got 130,663 votes.
ABS-CBN correspondent Lynda Jumilla said GO candidates also dominated the tallies in Quirino, Marinduque and Aurora provinces.
COMELEC's official count as of 7 p.m. Thursday showed four GO bets in the top five. Loren Legarda led the race followed by Escudero, Manuel Villar III, Panfilo Lacson and independent candidate Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan.
In sixth to 12th places were GO's Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III, Cayetano and Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III; TU's Joker Arroyo, Edgardo Angara and Ralph Recto; and GO's Trillanes.
posted by OlongapoCity Zambales at
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