Aquino, Binay still lead 05/12/2010

Aquino, Binay still lead

05/12/2010 The partial unofficial tally as of 5 pm yesterday, with 84.90 percent in, based on transmitted election results showed Liberal Party presidential bet Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino obtaining 13,036, 207 votes. At second place was former President Joseph Estrada, of Pwersa ng Masa, getting 8, 345,926 while Sen. Manuel “Manny” Villar, of the Nacionalista Party obtained a vote coung of 4,680,580 followed by administration candidate Gilbert Teodoro with a vote count of 3,470,136. In the vice presidential race, Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay was still leading LP vice presidential bet Sen. Manuel “Mar” Roxas, by some 800,000 votes, in the partial unofficial count based on the election returns (ERs) and not on the certificates of canvass. The open “official” poll body’s precinct tally of the presidential results based on transmitted ERs has been questioned by some quarters, as the Commission on Elections (Comelec) en banc has no mandate to tabulate or even come up with a quick count, partial or complete, of the president and vice president, since this is a function of Congress, which is tasked to canvass the results of the presidential polls and proclaim the winner of the presidential race.... MORE   Source:  The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20100512hed2.html

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