Rodrigo Duterte is over 5 million votes ahead over the second placer Mar Roxas so it’s safe to say that he is the next president of the Philippines even though COMELEC hasn’t released the official results just yet. The last time we checked the results, the former Davao Mayor was sitting at 15,873,846 votes while Roxas was sitting at 9,661,373 votes.
One of Davao City Mayor’s rivals and presidential bet, Senator Grace Poe showed her respect on the mandate of the Filipino voters who predominantly voted for Mayor Rodrigo Duterte as the new president of the Republic.
Grace said: “Ako si Grace Poe at naging kandidato sa pagkapangulo ngayong eleksyon 2016 ay nagibigay daan kay Rodrigo Duterte na siyang maliwanag na nangunguna sa kasalukuyang bilangan at siyang napili ng nakararami sa ating mga kababayan.”
The Team Galing at Puso standard-bearer Senator Grace Poe already conceded defeat versus her opponent PDP-Laban presidential bet Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte.
On May 10 Grace Poe conducted a press conference to give way to the Davao City Mayor who’s running a commanding lead during the counting of ballots against his opponents in the presidential race.
Ahead of Poe’s announcement she called up Duterte to convey her message of surrendering the presidential rivalry and she revealed afterwards that their conversation went well.
Here is the complete statement of Senator Grace Poe:
“Magandang umaga sa inyong lahat.
“Mga minamahal kong kababayan, naging malupit ang tatlong buwan ng kampanya.
“At higit pa dun, kung bibilangin niyo kung kailan ako naghayag sa aking desisyon na tumakbo bilang pangulo. Ipinagmamalaki kong sabihin na ako at ang aking pangkat, ang aking mga tagasuporta ay hindi nawalan kailanman ng pananalig.
“Naniniwala kami sa mga adbokasiyang aking isinusulong para sa ating mga kakabayan.
“Lumaban kami nang malinis at patas. Matutulog ako ngayong gabi na may malinis na kunsensiya na panatag na ako kasama ang aking pangkat at lahat ng mga minamahal kong tagasuporta.
“Ginawa natin ang lahat. Ginawa natin ang lahat ng ating makakaya.
“Ako si Grace Poe at naging kandidato sa pagka-pangulo ngayong eleksyon 2016 ay nagbibigay daan kay Rodrigo Duterte, na siyang maliwanag na nagunguna sa kasalukuyang bilangan at siyang napili ng nakararami ng ating mga kababayan.
“Bilang isang masidhing tagapagtaguyod ng repormang pang-eleksyon, matatag ang paniniwala ko sa boses at kalooban ng ating taumbayan.
“Iginagalang ko ang resulta ng ating halalan. Binabati ko si Mayor Rodrigo Duterte at ipinapangako ko ang aking pakikiisa sa paghilom ng ating bayan at pakikiisa ng ating mga kababayan tungo sa patuloy na pag-unald ng ating bansa.
“Maraming salamat po.”
It’s a different scenario for the Vice Presidential race though because Leni Robredo and Bongbong Marcos are still locked in a tight battle. The last time we checked Robredo was sitting at 13,964,677 votes while Marcos was sitting at 13,735,002 votes. Even though Robredo is currently in the lead we can’t jump into any conclusions just yet because the lead is quite slim.
COMELEC is yet to release the official results but from the looks of it – DU30 is the “man!” Here’s hoping that we can finally see some good changes in the Philippines.
Source GMA
