MANILA, Philippines — The legal counsel of senatorial candidate Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa urged the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Sunday to proclaim the top six winners of the senatorial race. According to Abdul Basar, the the certificates of canvass (COCs) from four overseas voting and two local precincts would probably no longer affect the current ranking of senators. He said that the votes for senators placed sixth and above have a huge gap with those ranking seven and below. Compared those at numbers 10, 11, 12 — the gap is very wide.”“Those at number 11 and 12 might be affect,” he added. ADVERTISEMENTThe proclamation of the newly elected senators and party-list representatives may happen within the week.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer May 19, 2019 12:56 UTC