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MANILA, Philippines — The Fee on Elections (Comelec) has authorised requests to decrease the proclamation thresholds for 14 native positions in 5 areas.
The Comelec obtained requests from its native canvassing boards in seven areas and authorised 5.
Based on Comelec Commissioner George Garcia, native board canvassers can request the ballot physique to decrease the proclamation threshold in a sure space to have the ability to proclaim the winner if the variety of nonetheless unaccounted for votes will not have an effect on the end result.
“Based mostly on the dedication of the board of canvassers, these are the one remaining outcomes which are unaccounted for,” Garcia, talking in a mixture of Filipino and English advised reporters after a briefing on Wednesday.
“Then the leads for the place of congressman, for the place of mayor, the leads [of the top candidates] are greater than ample that, even in case you have been to present them to the opposite candidates, the leaders will win. Then a movement may be raised earlier than the board,” he added.
“And the board can ask the Comelec to decrease the edge. So that means, if [the threshold] is 100, it may be lowered to 95 p.c, or 97 p.c – no matter is left, that would be the foundation for a decrease threshold,” he defined.
The Comelec authorised a lowered proclamation threshold for the next areas and positions:
Mandaluyong
- Mayor
- Vice Mayor
- Home of Representatives seat
- Councilors (Districts 1 and a pair of)
Naic
Rodriguez, Montalban
Muntinlupa Metropolis
- Mayor
- Vice Mayor
- Home of Representatives seat
Taguig Metropolis
- Mayor
- Vice Mayor
- Home of Representatives seat (First District)
- Sangguniang Panlungsod member
In the meantime, the Comelec is asking for documentary necessities to complement the requests to decrease the proclamation threshold in Gandara, Samar, and Buldon in Maguindanao.
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