Roxas has 2.18-M lead in Regions 6 and 7 – Abad

Lead will give LP Veep bet victory in final count – LP

Liberal Party (LP) General Campaign Manager Florencio “Butch Abad today said Senator Manuel “Mar” Roxas has lead of 2.18-million votes that would give the LP vice- presidential bet victory over Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay based on electronic results of last Monday’s elections gathered by the party.

Abad pointed out that the Commission on Elections (Comelec) has so far made public only 78.5% of the votes transmitted electronically to the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting and 21.5% have yet to be counted.

“Assuming that there are 500 estimated voters per clustered precinct, the number of votes to be counted by Comelec is about 8.2 million and assuming a 75% voter turnout, almost 6 million votes have yet to be tallied,” Abad told a press conference, pointing out that there is “no reason” for Binay to celebrate victory.

Abad added that Roxas would surge past Binay in the vice-presidential race had the votes in Region 6 composed of Aklan, Antique, Capiz, Guimaras, Iloilo and Negros Occidental and Region 7 that groups Bohol, Cebu, Negros Oriental and Siquijor be included in the tally.

Citing reports coming from the ground, votes garnered by Roxas in the 10 provinces alone were at least 3.5 million, while Binay cornered only 1.3 million votes, which translates to a 2.18 million votes, according to Abad.

“Hindi pa tapos ang laban na ito at talagang magiging mahigpit ang labanan (The fight is not yet over, but we admit it will be a tight finish),” Abad said.