CanvassofPasaytoSingapore

178:10CG:Maywenowproceedtocanvassthe...PasayCity..
theelectronicallytransmittedCOCfromPasayCity.
178:19SY:Ballotbox,COC037PasayCity,sealedwiththis
plasticsealCOMELEC0479080,weshallnowproceedtobreak
theseal.Thereisabrownenvelope,withSerialNo.0017
purportedlycontainingtheCertificateofCanvasswithPaper
SealNo.0225155,signedbythechairman,wenowproceedto
breaktheseal.AndwehavetheCertificateofCanvassfor
PresidentandCertificateofCanvassforVicePresident.
181:09 CP: Any observations, manifestations from counsel?
Okay, there being none, there being no objection? The
electronically transmitted COC from Pasay City? Tama ba,
Secretary,thisisPasay?PasayCityisadmittedintothe
canvas. Secretary, please publicly announce the votes of
eachcandidate.
181:39SY:CertificateofCanvass,PasayCity,forPresident
ofthePhilippines,Poe:30,185,Roxas:26,119,Seneres:85,
Binay:44,232,Santiago:12,295,Duterte:81,472.
182:14 SEC: Certificate of Canvass, Pasay, for Vice
President. Marcos: 97,776, Robredo: 51,790, Trillanes:
1,804,Cayetano:20,417,Escudero:18,287,Honasan:2,797.
182:56CP:Let'sproceedwiththecanvassingofthecityof
Valenzuela.
183:04 SY: We now open the ballot box. Valenzuela City,
thereisaplasticsealCOMELEC0479104,wenowproceedto
break the seal, and there is a padlock on one side, we
shall...thereisanotherplasticsealbeforeIdo,COMELEC
0479105,weshallbreakthesameseal...theseal.Andwe

openthepadlockononeside.Wenowopentheballotbox.
There'sanotherplasticseal,redseal,COMELEC0479103,we
now break the seal. And inside there is a brown envelope
purportedlycontainingtheCertificateofCanvassandit's
SerialNo.0015,papersealed.No,no..thereisnopaper
seal, it's a scotch tape but there are signatures of the
members of the Board. We now open the said envelope. And
there are documents inside. Certificate of Canvass for
PresidentofthePhilippinesandCertificateofCanvassfor
VicePresidentPhilippines.
186:33CG:Mayweknowifthereareanymanifestationsfrom
any of the members of the panel? There be none from the
lawyers? There being none, the Chair hereby directs that
the...thesamebecanvassed.AndtheSecretaryGeneralis
directedtoreadthevotes.
186:59SY:CertificateofCanvass,CityofValenzuela,for
President.Poe:80,671,Roxas:30,845,Seneres:106,Binay:
20,361,Santiago:17,045,Duterte:113,745.
187:34 SEC: Certificate of Canvass, Valenzuela, for Vice
President. Marcos: 116,455, Robredo: 67,097, Trillanes:
3,258,Cayetano:26,972,Escudero:44,731,Honasan:2,135.
188:16CG:Maywenowproceedtocanvasstheelectronically
transmittedresultfromCebuCity.
188:31 SEC: Box bearing the markings COC 072, Cebu City.
Withplasticlocks,bearingthemarkingsCOMELEC0166281and
COMELEC0166284,wearenowbreakingtheplasticlocks,and
uhm... another plastic lock bearing the marking COMELEC
0166333.Thereisalsoapadlock,onepadlockwhichwewill
nowproceedtoopen.

189:42SEC:Thereisalsoaplasticlockinsidebearingthe
markingsCOMELEC0166701.
190:04SEC:ItcontainstheCOCforthepositionsofuhm...
PresidentandVicePresidentfromtheprovinceofCebu.
193:13CP:Anycomment,observationfromcounsel?Yes,Atty
Garcia?
193:28 GARCIA: In the absence of ah... Atty. Dilangalen,
yourHonors,itwouldappearthattheCOCthatwehavein
ourpossessiondoesnottallywiththeCOCasah...isbeing
examined by the board, your Honor. Cayetano was ah..
164,517.Escudero:40,297,Honasan:22,218,Marcos:90,636,
Robredo:158,692,Trillanes:7,793.
194:08DELIMA:Withthepermissionoftheleadcounsel,I'd
like to respond to that. May I know exactly what is the
documentreadbythegoodcounselforcandidateMarcos?
194:27 GARCIA: That is the other copy of the COC, your
Honor.
194:30DELIMA:MayIseeifit'sreallytheCOC?Counsel?
195:15 DE LIMA: Your Honor, observation... The document
beingpresentedbythecounselforCandidateMarcosisnot
exactlytheCertificateofCanvass.It'sthecanvassreport.
195:27 CP: Do educate us Ma'am. Counsel, what is the
difference between a Certificate of Canvass and a canvass
report?
195:33 DE LIMA: It would basically be the same, the more
officialone,ofcourse,isthemunicipal's...istheCOC.
Butwealsonoticed,yourHonor,Ithinkthatexplainsthe
apparent discrepancy, is because the number of clustered
precincts is not complete as reported in that particular

document,whichisonlythecanvassreportandnotexactly
theCertificateofCanvass.
195:58CP:Chairconfirmstheobservationofah...Senator
electLeilaDeLima.Ah..Doyouconfirmit,Atty.Garcia,
that the total number of clustered precincts in your
document is less than the total number of clustered
precinctsreportedintheah..cityCOC?
196:19 GARCIA: Yes, your Honor. I have to confirm to
Senatorelect,yourHonor.ButIconfirm,yourHonor,that
thereisreallyadiscrepancyasfarasthetimestampis
concerned,andasfar...Butthepointis,howcometheCCS
willprint,yourHonors,willprintaah..acanvassreport
aheadoftheprintingoftheCertificateofCanvass,your
Honor. As far as the system of the COMELEC is concerned,
Smartmatic is concerned, you have to print in accordance
with the totality of all the reported COCs from the
different municipalities, your Honors. There cannot be a
premature printing of the Certificate of Canvass. That is
justanobservation,andah...wewouldlikeanexplanation
comingfromCOMELEC,yourHonor.
197:04DELIMA:YourHonor...
197:05CP:Thankyouforthatobservation.Ma'am?
197:08DELIMA:TherewasnoprematureprintingoftheCOC..
itcannotbethattherewasaprintingoftheCOCaheadof
thecanvassreport
197:19CP:Ah,IbelievethecounselforVicePresidential
candidateMarcos,ah,willbesatisfiedwithareportfrom
theCOMELEC,ifCOMELECalsofound,ah,asimilar,ah,also
had a similar observation. So... thats conditioned on the
factifCOMELECalsosharestheobservation.

197:39 MACALINTAL: Just an additional manifestation, your

Honor.
197:42 CG: Ah, before we recognize the distinguished
Honorable Macalintal. Ah, you are only allowed... Ah, you
arerepresenting?
197:51Oh,I'msorryyourHonor.
197:55CG:So...
197:57MACALINTAL:UnlessSec.DeLimawouldyieldthefloor
to...thatItakeoveragainastheleadlawyer,yourHonor.
198:01CG:Okay.And,maywealsomakeamanifestationthat
thetaskofthepanelistodeterminethatthevotesinthe
electronicallytransmittedah...COCarethesameasthatof
themanuallytransmitted.So,it'snotourjobtodetermine
whether the... the result tallies with whatever you have.
So,whatisourtaskisdeterminethatthestatementinthe
electronicallytransmittedCOCsarethesameasthatofthe
manuallytransmittedah...results.
198:43MACALINTAL:ThatwaswhatIwasabouttosay,your
Honor.
198:45CP:Thankyou,thankyou,sir.
198:45MACALINTAL:Thankyousomuch,yourHonors.
198:47CP:Ah,Atty.Garcia,yes?
198:48 GARCIA: Your Honor, if it may not... burden the
honorable board... if we set aside in the mean time the
canvassoftheseCOC,yourHonor.Inthefirstplace,we'll
justbewaitingfortheexplanationfromtheCOMELEC,ifthe
same thing happened in the National Board of Canvassers,
whentheNationalBoardofCanvasserscanvassedtheresult
oftheSenatorialelection,yourHonor,thenatleast,after

the explanation maybe we can yield to whatever the Board

willberulingasfarastheCOCisconcerned?
199:19CP:Panero,Ionlyjoinedyouinyourmanifestation
because you said that you would not object the admission
intothecanvass
199:26GARCIA:Notobjecting,yourHonor.
CP:Nowthatyouaremovingforthedeferment,suspension
orwhatever...
GARCIA:Yes,yourHonor.
CP: Personally, I find your ground not so substantial
becauseyouah..youdonothaveanotherauthenticcopyof
theprovincialCOahofthecityCOC.Youhaveapartial
reportofelectionsincityofCebu.
199:50GARCIA:Yes,yourHonor.
CP: So... we are not really comparing the orange to the
apple.
199:54 GARCIA: Yes, sir. But the problem, your Honor, is
yourrule7oftherulespromulgatedyesterdaysaysthatif
thereisadiscrepancy,yourHonor,andthediscrepancywas
neverexplainedbytherules.Andso,asfarastheissues
of discrepancies is concerned, your Honor, then it is
dependentontheBoard.Whatwearesayingis,becauseof
thediscrepancythenperhaps,yourHonor,wecan...
200:13CP:Ah..Igetyourpoint,panero,questionlangis..
Is this the discrepancy which we are referring to in our
rules?Inmyopinion,itisnot.Becausewhentheorangeis
comparedtotheorangethenthereisadiscrepancy,ifit's
redorange,buttheorangeiscomparedtotheapple,wehave
noissue.

200:33GARCIA:Thenwehavetoaskalsothequestion...Why
didtheCCSoftheprovinceprintthisreport,YourHonor?
Inthefirstplace,thatcannotreallyhappen.Whatifin
thenextsucceedingdays,yourHonor,wewillbefacedwith
ascenariowheretherewillbeanotherCOC,whichwillnot
tallywiththeCOCbeingcanvassedbytheBoard,yourHonor.
200:56CG:I'llreiterate,asIhavealreadystatedawhile
ago,thetaskofthisjointcommitteeistomakesurethat
the statement of the votes as in the electronically
transmittedah...COCarethesameasthatofthemanually
transmitted. And I think that there is an agreement that
thereisnoah...variancebetweenthetwo.Andunlessah...
thereareotherobjectionsormanifestationfromanyofthe
lawyers,orovertheobjectionoftheah...Atty.Garcia.
201:42LISABAN:YourHonors,please
CG:Atty.Lisaban?
201:43 LISABAN: Your Honors, if uhm... if this honorable
Board will ask for explanation from the CBOC as to, as
regards this discrepancy, may we also ask that the Board
also explain if there was a problem with the CCS which
caused this discrepancy. Uhm... just a manifestation and
request that it be included in the report if the Board
decidestorequiretheCBOCtosubmittothisBoard.
202:11CP:Thisisabouttheimplementationofourelectoral
laws, and the COMELEC is hearing us here so... COMELEC
shouldtakeituponthemselvestoinvestigatethismatter.
Thisisactuallybeyondthe,beyondthejurisdictionofthe
joint panel formed to canvass the VicePresidential and
Presidential votes. Okay, unless Atty. Garcia wants to

formallyobjectbecauseah...youwantustorule?Youwant
topursuethat?Youwanttoformallymovethatwedefer?
202:46 GARCIA: Yes, your Honor. In the mean time, your
Honor.
202:50CP:Soyou'reobjectingtotheinclusion?
202:51GARCIA:Yes,yourHonor.
202:52CP:Okay,so...
202:53MACALINTAL:Wewouldliketomakeourargumentfor
theinclusion,yourHonor,ifheisfortheexclusion,then
weshouldalsoofferourargumentfortheinclusioninthe
canvass.
203:09CP:Ah,HonBarzaga
203:13 BARZAGA: Well, Mr. Chairman. Our rules are very
explicit.Itisexpresslyprovidedunderrule7,letterV,
as in Victory, and I quote, "should there exist any
discrepancybetweentheelectronicallytransmittedCOCand
physicallydeliveredCOCastothenumberofvotescastfor
any President or VicePresidential candidate, the joint
committee shall require the PBOC, CBOC, DBOC concerned to
personallyappearbeforeitwithin24hoursandexplainthe
discrepancy.Apparently,thelawyersforthecandidatesdo
notmeetwithusintheinterpretationofdiscrepancy.The
discrepancy is between the electronically transmitted
resultsandthemanuallydeliveredcertificateofcanvass.
Andinsofarasweareconcerned,ifwemakeacomparison,
thereisnodiscrepancy.Andtherefore,undertherules,we
areboundtocontinuewiththecanvassbecauseourdutyis
purelyministerial.
204:26 CG: And may we just remind the members of the the
candidates,torefrainfrommakingamotion,becauseyouare

not a member of this committee so you cannot make any

motion.Youcaneithermakeyourobservation,oryoumake
ah..yourobjectionbutrefrainfrommakingamotionbecause
yourmotionwillalwaysbeoutoforder.Because...that's
ah... my statement a while ago, is over the objection or
overyourmanifestation,iftherearenoobjectionfromthe
panel,thenbyforceofcircumstance,weshallbeordering
thatthesamebeincludedinthecanvass.So...that'swhy
wealreadyheardyourpositionandmayweheartheposition
fromthepanel.Ifthereisanyobjection,therebeingno
objection,thentheChairmotupropriodirectsthatthesame
beincludedinthecanvass.AndSecretaryGeneralconcerned
aredirectedtoreadthevotesasstatedinthesame.
205:38SY:CertificateofCanvass,CebuCityforPresident
of the Philippines. Poe: 52,169, Roxas: 90,420, Seneres:
226,Binay:51,002,Santiago:13.512,Duterte:296,246.
206:11SEC:CertificateofCanvass,CebuCity,Marcos...for
VicePresident,Marcos:92,007,Robredo:162,509,Trillanes:
7,972,Cayetano:167,705,Escudero:41,390,Honasan:23,506.
207:11CG:Maywenowproceedtocanvasstheelectronically
transmittedresultfromtheRepublicofSingapore.
207:20SY:ThisboxstatesCOC119,Singapore,wearenow
opening this sealed box. There is a pouch inside, we now
proceedtoopenthissealedDHLpouch.Insideisablackbag
with the seal of the Commission on Elections. There's a
selflockingseal,wenowproceedtodestroythisandopen
thebag.Thereisabrownenvelopewhichis...withSerial
No.0063CertificateofCanvasspostSingapore.Sealedwith
a Plastic Seal No. 0080825 signed by Chairman and the
members.Wenowbreaktheseal.Inside,wefindCertificate

of Canvass for President and Certificate of Canvass for

VicePresident.
210:34CG:Unlesstherearemanifestations,byanyofthe
memberofthecommitteeorfromthelawyers...Andseeing
none,theChairherebydirectsthattheah...electronically
transmitted ah.. COC from the Republic of Singapore be
includedinthecanvassandtheChairdirectstheSecretary
Generalconcernedtoreadtheresults.
211:02SY:CertificateofCanvass,Singapore,forPresident.
Poe:1,276,Roxas:3,746,Seneres:7,Binay:424,Santiago:
3,587,Duterte:30,389.
211:28 SEC: Certificate of Canvass, SIngapore for Vice
President.Marcos:14,915,Robredo:8,187,Trillanes:242,
Cayetano:14,960,Escudero:911,Honasan:160.
211:58CG:Maywenowproceedtocanvasstheelectronically
transmittedresultfromtheKingdomofBahrain.
212:13SEC:BrownboxwiththemarkingsCOC175,Bahrain,
forwearenowproceedingtoopenthebox.
213:17InsidetheboxisaSmartmaticVCS..VCM.VCM.Uh,
with documents... These are ballot, in a plastic case
bearingthenameofSmartmatic.Uh,thereisnoCOCinside
thebox.Itissimplyamachine.
214:24 CP: Counsel can examine now the print out of the
electronicallytransmittedCOCfromtheKingdomofBahrain.
215:30PC:Anyobservationsfromthecounsel?`