President, VP named within 3 days — NBoC By Gerry Baldo 06/07/2010

VICE PRESIDENTIAL RACE STILL A TOSSUP President, VP named within 3 days — NBoC By Gerry Baldo 06/07/2010 A new president and vice president could be proclaimed anytime this week, between Monday and Wednesday, according to leaders of Congress who also head the National Board of Canvassers (NBoC).  Five Certificates of Canvass (CoCs) remain to be opened by the NBoC and House Speaker Prospero Nograles said that the proclamation ceremonies could be done as early as today after the Senate and the House joint committee on canvassing could prepare its report on the results of the canvassing. “That’s very possible, we can do it,” Nograles said yesterday in answer to queries about the possible proclamation of the new president and vice president. Nograles, however, said that the number of votes from the remaining five provinces could still change the outcome of the race for the vice presidency between Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay and current second placer Liberal Party contender Sen. Manuel Roxas II. Roughly 1.4 million votes are expected to be canvassed from these provinces. At the suspension of the session on Thursday the two leading presidential candidates including Liberal Party’s Sen. Benigno Aquino III and Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino’s former President Joseph Estrada posted 14,641,803 and 9,125,823 votes respectively. In the vice presidential race, the leading candidate, Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino’s Binay posted 14,084,876 votes as against Roxas’ 13,440,127 votes, or a lead of 644,749 votes.  On Thursday the joint committee, acting as the National Board of Canvassers suspended with only five remaining COCs left to canvass including those from Davao City , Bacolod, Lanao del Sur, Eastern Samar, and Mountain Province. Nograles said that the votes in the five provinces that are yet to tallied could be material to the vice presidential race. Canvassing will resume at 1 p.m. today. Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile, however, said it is most likely that the NBOC will make the proclamations on Wednesday.... MORE     Source:  The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20100607hed1.html

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