Approving the Report of the Joint Committee, Declaring the Results of the National Elections Held on May 10, 2010, for the Offices of President and Vice President, and Proclaiming the Duly Elected President and Vice President of the Republic of the Philippines

2010

RESOLUTION OF BOTH HOUSES NO. 1

APPROVING THE REPORT OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE, DECLARING THE RESULTS OF THE NATIONAL ELECTIONS HELD ON MAY 10, 2010, FOR THE OFFICES OF PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT, AND PROCLAIMING THE DULY ELECTED PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of the Constitution, Republic Act No. 7166, Republic Act No. 9369 and the Rules of the Joint Public Session of Congress on Canvassing, the Joint Committee of both Houses canvassed the Certificates of Canvass sent to Congress duly certified by the Board of Canvassers of each province, city and district and for absentee voting (local and overseas), and publicly counted the votes of the candidates for the Offices of the President and Vice President in the national elections held on May 10, 2010;

WHEREAS, the Joint Committee, after determining the authenticity and due execution of the Certificates of Canvass in the manner provided by law, canvassed the votes;

WHEREAS, the Joint Committee found the results of the canvass, as follows:

For the Office of the President:

1.  ACOSTA, VETELLANO SANCHEZ — 181,985

2.  AQUINO, BENIGNO SIMEON III COJUANGCO — 15,208,678

3.  DE LOS REYES, JOHN CARLOS GORDON — 44,244

4.  ESTRADA EJERCITO, JOSEPH MARCELO — 9,487,837

5.  GORDON, RICHARD JUICO — 501,727

6.  MADRIGAL, JAMBY ABAD SANTOS — 46,489 CDHacE

7.  PERLAS, JESUS NICANOR PINEDA — 54,575

8.  TEODORO, GILBERTO COJUANGCO — 4,095,839

9.  VILLANUEVA, EDUARDO CRUZ — 1,125,878

10.  VILLAR, MANUEL JR. BAMBA — 5,573,835

For the Office of the Vice President:

1.  BINAY, JEJOMAR CABAUATAN — 14,645,574

2.  CHIPECO, DOMINADOR JR. FUENTECILLA — 52,562

3.  FERNANDO, BAYANI FLORES — 1,017,631

4.  LEGARDA, LOREN BAUTISTA — 4,294,664

5.  MANZANO, EDUARDO BARRIOS — 807,728

6.  ROXAS, MANUEL ARANETA — 13,918,490

7.  SONZA, JOSE YUMANG — 64,230

8.  YASAY, PERFECTO RIVAS — 364,652

Now, therefore, be it RESOLVED BY THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PHILIPPINES IN JOINT PUBLIC SESSION ASSEMBLED, to approve the report of the Joint Committee on the canvass of the votes of the candidates for the Offices of the President and Vice President.

RESOLVED, FURTHER, to declare that candidate BENIGNO SIMEON COJUANGCO AQUINO III and candidate JEJOMAR CABAUATAN BINAY received the highest number of votes cast for President and Vice President, respectively, in the national elections held on May 10, 2010 and by virtue thereof, to proclaim BENIGNO SIMEON COJUANGCO AQUINO III as the duly elected President of the Republic of the Philippines and JEJOMAR CABAUATAN BINAY as the duly elected Vice President of the Republic of the Philippines. DAaEIc

Adopted:

(SGD.) PROSPERO C. NOGRALES	(SGD.) JUAN PONCE ENRILE
Speaker	Senate President