Philippines election results: Who won, who lost and what’s next?

Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, detained astatine the International Criminal Court (ICC), is connected people to triumph the mayoral predetermination successful his location Davao City, and 5 candidates backed by his household are starring the Senate contention arsenic midterm predetermination results look to amusement the Duterte governmental dynasty’s continued grip connected power.

The results are a large boost for Vice President Sara Duterte, Rodrigo Duterte’s daughter, who faces impeachment by the Senate successful July. A two-thirds bulk is required to region her from bureau and barroom her from moving successful aboriginal elections, including the 2028 statesmanlike one.

Twelve retired of 24 Senate seats and each 317 seats successful the House of Representatives were among the 18,320 elective positions up for grabs successful the cardinal election. Nearly 69 cardinal radical were registered to ballot successful the Asia Pacific country.

Who won the election?

With 97 percent of the votes reported, candidates backed by President Marcos Jr are connected people to triumph six of the 12 seats successful the Senate.

Duterte’s supporters, including staunch state Christopher “Bong” Go are acceptable to triumph 5 seats. One campaigner who is winning a spot has been affiliated with some governmental families.

Rodrigo Duterte is acceptable to triumph the mayoral spot successful Davao aft receiving much than 65 percent of the votes.

Duterte was the politician of the confederate metropolis thrice, serving a full of 22 years. If helium wins, it is apt that the relation would beryllium assumed by the city’s vice mayor, a presumption presently held by his son, Sebastian Duterte.

In the Philippines, candidates facing transgression charges, including those successful detention, tin tally for bureau unless they are convicted.

What’s astatine stake?

While President Marcos Jr and Vice President Sara Duterte were not connected the poll, their candidates were vying for positions from the Senate to municipal offices.

Sara Duterte is simply a beardown contender for the 2028 statesmanlike election. Her governmental aboriginal tin beryllium decided by the 24-member Senate. She requires enactment of 9 Senate members to debar conviction.

The 12 elected Senators volition signifier fractional of the assemblage successful her impeachment trial, which is tentatively acceptable for July. If recovered guilty, she volition beryllium removed from bureau and barred from contesting aboriginal elections.

She was impeached by the House of Representatives successful February aft being accused of crimes ranging from the misuse of nationalist funds to plotting Marcos’s assassination.

Sara Duterte says the impeachment is portion of a governmental vendetta arsenic the 2 families conflict for power.

The destiny of hundreds of governors and thousands of seats for metropolis politician and municipal mayors were besides decided successful this election.

The authoritative results volition beryllium retired wrong a week.

What is the governmental rivalry betwixt the Marcos and Duterte families?

Sara Duterte is the girl of erstwhile President Duterte, who was arrested and flown to the ICC astatine The Hague connected March 11 by the Marcos Jr administration.

The elder Duterte was accused of “crimes against humanity” for the estimated deaths of 30,000 radical during his tenures arsenic politician and president.

More than 7,000 people were killed during anti-drug operations portion helium was successful powerfulness betwixt 2016 and 2022, according to constabulary records. Human rights advocates suggest the existent decease toll was higher.

Marcos Jr allied with the Duterte family, which enjoyed popularity, during his palmy 2022 statesmanlike campaign, with Sara Duterte arsenic his moving mate. But the ties soon soured implicit argumentation differences and Marcos’s rejection of the warfare connected drugs launched by Sara Duterte’s father, Rodrigo Duterte.

Finally, the confederation crumbled owed to faltering enactment for Marcos Jr among supporters of the Duterte household aft the apprehension of Apollo Quiboloy, who was the spiritual advisor of erstwhile President Duterte. Quibology, an influential pastor, was charged with enactment trafficking.

The apprehension of Rodrigo Duterte connected a warrant issued by the ICC further inflamed hostility betwixt the 2 governmental dynasties.

Until Rodrigo Duterte’s arrest, Marcos Jr repeatedly rejected the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) jurisdiction implicit his country, deeming the ICC “a threat” to the country’s sovereignty. Marcos Jr had held helium would not assistance the ICC successful the elder Duterte’s arrest.

“Let maine accidental this for the 100th time. I bash not recognise the jurisdiction of ICC successful the Philippines. The Philippine authorities volition not assistance a digit to assistance immoderate probe that the ICC conducts,” Marcos Jr said successful aboriginal 2024.

In 2019, (Rodrigo) Duterte had removed the Philippines from the ICC, meaning the state was not required to detain idiosyncratic with an ICC warrant against their name.

The governmental tensions betwixt the Duterte household and Marcos Jr reached a crescendo erstwhile the younger Duterte was impeached this February. She remains VP, but a Senate proceedings hangs similar the sword of Damocles implicit her head.