With 92% of votes in, ‘Estrada’ brothers sit outside of ‘Magic 12’MANILA, Philippines — Half-brothers Sen. JV Ejercito and Jinggoy Estrada—both banking on the hugely popular name of a political dynasty in San Juan City where their father was a former mayor—are still out of the winners’ circle. Revilla, who is aiming to make a political comeback after his plunder acquittal sat at the edge of the so-called Magic 12 with 13,893,751 votes. Sen. Bam Aquino placed 14th with 13,549,488 votes, while former Interior Secretary Mar Roxas ranked 16th with 9,419,327 votes. The unofficial, partial tally represents 92.77% of election results processed. The Commission on Elections' transparency servers suffered from glitches extending from late Monday to early Tuesday before resuming transmission of partial, unofficial tallies past 1 a.m.
Source: Philippine Star May 13, 2019 22:09 UTC