It's Aquino-Binay for the 15th Philippine Administration

It's final. The Filipino people have spoken through the National Board of Canvassers, it would be an Aquino-Binay administration beginning 30 June 2010.

Congress, acting as the NBC, canvassed a total of 278 COCs, 107 of which came from overseas absentee voting. Benigno S. "Noynoy" Aquino III of the Liberal Party tooka landslide win with 15,208,678 votes while Jejomar "Jojo" Binay of LDP-Laban garnered 14,465,574 votes.

Aquino was ahead closest rival deposed president Joseph "Erap" Estrada of Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino by 5,720,841 votes while Binay of Liberal Party won a slim margin of 727,084 votes over Manuel "Mar" Roxas III.

The NBC took eight days to complete the canvass.

Click the following sources for reports on this historic event.

SunStar Cebu noted assurances from the leaderships of the Senate and the House of Representative for a smooth session and proclamation of winners on 9 June 2010 (Wednesday). Aquino was aware on the growing problems that he will be inheriting from the previous administration. [Click here for more.]

The Philippine Star took notice of outgoing Senate president Juan Ponce Enrile who assured that this proclamation will not happen "at dawn," in an obvious reference to the proclamation of outgoing 14th Philippine president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and vice president Noli de Castro that took place at around 9 a.m. on 24 June 2004 after a tumultuous 13-day canvass. The Aquino-Binay proclamation is expected to be around 5-6 p.m. on Wednesday. [Click here for more.]

Manila Bulletin noted that Binay's lead widened when the Lanao Del Sur COC was canvassed on Tuesday (June 8). Senate president Juan Ponce Enrile and House speaker Prospero Nograles welcomed the Roxas plan to submit protest before the Presidential Election Tribunal over the 2.6 million votes categorized as null votes by the NBC. [Click here for more.]

Looking back at the Aquino campaign...

JC Bello Ruiz of Manila Bulletin interviewed Liberal Party director geneal Chito Gascon in "Erap key to Noynoy win." [Read more.]

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