Proclamation of 12 senators expected next week; special elections set today

With special elections scheduled today in some areas in the country, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) expects the proclamation of the 12 winning senators in the May, 2016 polls to take place next week. Comelec Chairman Andres Bautista said the proclamation will have to take place next week as some areas will still have special elections, which involve some 18,000 to 19,000 votes. Comelec Commissioner Rowena Guanzon, who agreed with Bautista, said: “Even if the votes there are not that many, the votes for national cannot be transmitted because the special elections are not yet over,” she said in an interview. “According to Commissioner Christina Robert Lim, if not Tuesday, estimate is Thursday. We will proclaim the 12 all together,” Guanzon said. In the 2013 polls, the first six winning senators were proclaimed three days after the elections (Thursday) with the next three proclaimed a day later (Friday), and the [...]