15 COCs left to be canvassed – Comelec

• Source:http://www.mb.com.ph/15-cocs-left-to-be-canvassed-comelec/
• Sunday, May 15, 2016

By Leslie Ann Aquino

There are only about 15 Certificates of Canvass (COCs) left to be canvassed by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) National Board of Canvassers for senators and partylist representatives.

These are Lanao del Sur, Maguindanao, Sulu, Apayao, Negros Occidental, Marinduque, Zamboanga del Norte, Cebu, Sarangani, Agusan del Sur, Leyte, Eastern Samar, Northern Samar, Samar, and Antique.

On Saturday, Comelec Commissioner Christian Robert Lim informed the representatives of senatorial candidates and partylist groups that the said areas have yet to be canvassed since said areas are set to hold special elections on May 14 and 16.

The NBOC will reconvene at the Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay City on Monday, 9 a.m.

“We are just waiting for said areas to transmit so we can complete our canvass,” Atty. Consuelo Diola, NBOC subcommittee head, said in an interview Sunday.

“When I say yet to transmit what I mean its not yet here…we would not really know if some of them were able to transmit yesterday because our Central Canvassing System is closed now,” she added.

Asked regarding the status of the COCs that have seeming discrepancies, Diola said the COC from Laguna and Southern Leyte are under quarantine.

This, after the COC in Southern Leyte did not include the votes from two towns while the COC in Laguna transmitted results that include votes from the Pre-Election Logical Accuracy Test (PreLAT).

“We are still awaiting their respective chairmen of the Provincial Board of Canvassers (PBoC) to arrive here,” said Diola.

As to concerns regarding the seeming discrepancies found in the number of votes of some candidates in the COCs of six provinces, Diola said they are waiting if the political parties will be withdrawing their manifestations made during the canvassing proceedings.