With an overwhelming lead against his rivals, there is no way that President Rodrigo Duterte could have manipulated the results of the 2016 polls. No less than Sen. Grace Poe, who ran against Duterte, made this assertion after Senate Majority Leader Vicente “Tito” Sotto III revealed in a privilege speech on Tuesday that the last elections were tainted with “irregularities.”Sotto claimed he and Poe were among the candidates who had received zero votes in certain precincts during the last elections. ADVERTISEMENTPoe stood up on the floor to back Sotto’s call for a Senate probe on his expose. “I’d also like to make a point here that I definitely lost the elections,” she said. Sotto noted that Duterte himself has repeatedly said that he should have gotten more votes in the last polls.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer March 06, 2018 10:18 UTC