While Sen. Bongbong Marcos and his camp still insinuate cheating as Rep. Leni Robredo grabs lead, Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano on Thursday (May 12) conceded to the Camarines Sur Representative, saying she “clearly won” the vice presidential race. “I humbly concede my vice presidential bid to Rep. Leni Robredo, who, by all accounts and with 96% of the votes already tallied, is our country’s presumptive Vice President-elect. Rep. Leni is not only leading the race, she has clearly won it,” Cayetano said in a statement.
While admitting that “losing election hurts,” Cayetano urged Filipinos to unite and respect the people’s will. “While losing an election hurts, nothing is more painful than the sight of a divided country,” he said.
As of May 12, 2016, 11:45am, Robredo led by 212,429 votes (13,975,657 for Robredo, 13,763,228 for Marcos). Yesterday, 400 Marcos supporters trooped to Rizal Park to protest the sudden rise of the administration candidate in the vice-presidential race.
