Detained Kingdom of Jesus Christ chief Apollo Quiboloy attends Senate probe on Wednesday, October 23, 2024. —Noy Morcoso/INQUIRER.internet
MANILA, Philippines — Detained televangelist and senatorial candidate Apollo Quiboloy is looking for a handbook recount of senatorial votes amid stories of election irregularities.
The assertion was launched by his camp on Tuesday evening, by means of his official spokesperson Atty. Israelito Torreon. The camp thanked Filipinos who voted for Quiboloy, who’s a part of the “DuterTEN” or the ten senatorial candidates supported by former President Rodrigo Duterte.
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In response to INQUIRER.internet’s information of partial and unofficial outcomes from the Fee on Elections’ (Comelec) transparency server at 9:04 p.m., Quiboloy ranks thirty first within the senatorial race with 5,577,526 votes.
“Your belief and perception in his message of reality, justice, and accountability have been really shifting,” Torreon mentioned in a Fb submit.
Nevertheless, the camp mentioned that the battle doesn’t finish in an election, thus, calling out reported election woes.
“With quite a few stories of overvoting anomalies, inconsistencies in poll readings, and different electoral irregularities, Pastor Quiboloy requires a handbook recount of the senatorial votes,” Torreon added.
The camp that the decision is to not reject the democratic course of, “however a name to strengthen it,” emphasizing that they’ll search justice and can pursue all authorized avenues “to make sure the integrity of each vote solid.”
Torreon beforehand urged the Comelec to implement a handbook vote counting on the precinct degree for the Could 2025 elections, saying that it may compromise election integrity and cybersecurity.
Nevertheless, Comelec Chairman George Erwin Garcia mentioned that the ballot physique couldn’t execute the decision as it’s not mandated by the Republic Act No. 9369 or the Automated Election Legislation, which states that precinct-level voting to municipal, provincial, and nationwide canvassing should be automated.
Among the many Duterte-backed senatorial candidates, solely incumbent senators Bong Go, Bato dela Rosa and Consultant Rodante Marcoleta have made it to the successful “Magic 12” based mostly on the unofficial and partial voting outcomes.
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Many election watchdogs acquired complaints from voters over stories of glitches on automated counting machines, with instances like votes being invalid attributable to “overvoting” or voting for a candidate they didn’t deliberately vote for, amongst others.
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Quiboloy, at present detained on the Pasig Metropolis Jail, is accused of human trafficking and youngster and sexual abuse. He was arrested on the Kingdom of Jesus Christ compound in Davao Metropolis after months of hiding. /cb