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(Photo courtesy of Sanggunian ng mga Mag-aaral ng mga Paaralang Loyola ng Ateneo de Manila Facebook) MANILA - As soon as election results, although unofficial and partial, showed Ferdinand Marcos Jr. way ahead of second-placed Vice President Leni Robredo in the presidential race, calls for academic walkouts and suspension of classes floated. On May 9, the University of the Philippines (UP) Office of the Student Regent declared on its Facebook page that there will be "no classes under a Marcos presidency" and enjoined students to stage a walk out. Soon after, student councils and colleges of Ateneo de Manila University, Far Eastern University, University of Santo Tomas, Polytechnic University of the Philippines, and Colegio de San Juan de Letran followed suit, although it wasn't indicated if their decisions to support the UP call was sanctioned by school officials. The Letran student council posted its appeal to school officials to back the suspension of classes but no rep
The proclamation of the winning president and vice presidential candidates can be done immediately or no later than May 25 as the Senate and the House of Representatives sitting jointly as the National Board of Canvassers see no major issues hampering the canvassing, Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri said yesterday.
Reflective of the trend in their home country, a majority of the registered overseas Filipino voters across the UAE have thrown their support behind president presumptive Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and running mate vice president presumptive Sara Duterte-Carpio at 76,819 and 79,925 votes, respectively.
According to the Philippine Embassy in Canada, voting turnout is at 35.05% this year, higher compared to the 28.62% seen in the 2016 presidential elections.