The proclamation was initially scheduled last Sunday when re-electionist Senators got the Comelec alert to prepare for their proclamation. None of the reported glitches and bugs caused any failure of elections in the affected precincts, the Comelec chief added. Thus, the election results from the whole province of Isabela could not be transmitted to the Comelec not until the results from that precinct are counted in. “How could Comelec be a disinterested party in election protests where they have to rule on alleged election frauds? But this proposed re-engineering of the Comelec will need amendments of the country’s 1987 Constitution.

Source: Philippine Star May 21, 2019 15:28 UTC