President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Vice President-elect Sara Duterte are proclaimed on Wednesday, May 25, in record pace of only two days of canvassing. PHVote PHVoteResults
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine Congress proclaimed Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Sara Duterte president-elect and vice-president elect, respectively, on Wednesday, May 25, in record pace of only two days of canvassing.
Throughout the day, several certificate of canvass were not found in the ballot boxes, driving Senator Miguel Zubiri to lash out at the Commission on Elections , whose commissioners and chairperson are still up for confirmation. “How difficult was that to do? How can we confirm them?” a furious Zubiri said.
Section 4, Article VII of the Constitution says the president and the vice president shall officially take office noon of June 30, but Sara Duterte will be holding her inauguration in Davao City on June 19, or 11 days before the set constitutional time. The Comelec said Duterte can hold her inauguration on June 19 but she will still officially assume the vice presidency 12 noon of June 30.
Shortly after canvassing closed, Marcos arrived at the Batasang Pambansa with his family, including former first lady Imelda Marcos, who was mostly absent from his 2022 campaign. Imelda Marcos is appealing her conviction for seven counts of graft and is free on bail for humanitarian considerations out of old age. Senator Imee Marcos, who is part of the Senate panel in the canvassing, arrived in Batasan much earlier.
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