Tiniyak ni Comelec Chairman Saidamen Pangarungan na tuloy pa rin ang pag-iimbestiga nila sa mga isyu ng mga nag-aberyang mga vote counting machines (VCMs) at iba pang report ng glitches noong nakaraang halalan.
Ginawa ni Pangarungan ang pahayag sa kabila ng tinapos na ng Comelec ang proklamasyon sa mga nanalong senador.
Kaugnay nito, ipinagmalaki rin ng Comelec chief na ang nakalipas na halalan ang maituturing na peaceful and honest elections.
Ipinangalandakan din ng Comelec chairman na ang May 9 election ang mas mapayapang halalan kumpara sa mga nakalipas na eleksiyon sa bansa.
“The glory does not belong solely to the winners of the elections. It belongs also to the voters who stood patiently in line to cast their votes in an election with one of the highest voter turnouts in recent history. This is an election with the lowest election-related violence of only 16 incidents compared to 160 violent incidents in the 2019 elections,” ani Pangarungan. “And significantly, this is an election with a very efficient and flawless Transparency Server that received all election results in record time immediately after voting on election day. The swiftest transmission was witnessed by the watchful eyes of all representatives of political parties, the PPCRV (Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting), NAMFREL (National Movement for Free Elections) and other citizens’ arms.”
Samantala, una nang nakapag-record ang Comelec ng 83.11 percent voter turnout noong halalan.
Ito ay katumbas ng 55,549,791 mula sa 66,839,976 registered local at overseas voters.
