- Palace spox Salvador Panelo reacts to Mocha Uson losing in the elections
- Salvador Panelo can’t believe that Mocha Uson lost in the election
- He thinks that Uson might have been overly confident that she would win
The 2019 midterm elections have almost come to an end and one of the people who lost their bid for a government position is former communications assistant secretary Margaux “Mocha” Uson whose party list, AA Kasosyo, did not win a single seat in Congress.
Some think that the loss may be due to Uson’s overconfidence that she would win the elections.
Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo expressed his disbelief in AA Kasyoso’s failure to secure even a single seat in the Congress.
“Bakit talo si Mocha? Parang I can’t believe that,” he said.
Netizens aired their mixed reactions on social media:
https://twitter.com/nheil2118/status/1128658839572664320
Silver lining on #Eleksyon2019 Talo party-list ni Mocha! No seats. Yehey. Nagpakampante si girl
— Marvin Diego (@cybertooth9) May 16, 2019
Sobra kayong MASAYA dahil talo si @MochaUson?! , pero MAS sumobra ang KASIYAHAN NAMIN dahil ISA lang ang nakalusot sa mga NPA PARTYLISTS nyo dahil yan sa tulong ni MOCHA HERSELF, kaya sya pa rin ang PANALO para sa amin!
— Ian Robles (@ianrobles_) May 16, 2019
Dahil talo na talaga ang #otsodiretso at naglaho na ang #otsodiretsosasenado, pinagbalingan na lang ng cheap blogger @PinoyAkoBlog ang pagkatalo ng party list ni @MochaUson na kahit talo raw, queen naman daw sya. Ikaw na bahala Miss Mocha.
— Reynaldo Juico (@reyjuico) May 17, 2019
Good News of the day: Talo yung Partylist ni Mocha.
— Makoy Pare (@ShowbizBro) May 14, 2019
In the partial and unofficial tally as of 5:01 p.m. on Wednesday, May 15, AA Kasyoso garnered 116,815 votes, failing to reach the requirement of one percent of total votes to get a seat in the Congress. Uson’s partylist even placed 73rd.
“Hindi siya nakakuha—eh isa lang ang ibig sabihin niyan: Hindi siya nag-concentrate sa pagkampanya. Baka she was overconfident considering na she has five million followers and most of them are overseas na bumuboto. Kasi alam ko nangangampaniya siya for others,” Panelo explained.
Panelo even said that maybe if the party list was named after Uson then she could have won.
Uson resigned from her post and filed for her partylist’s candidacy in October of last year.
