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The 2007 election of members to the Senate of the Philippines was the 29th election to the Senate of the Philippines. It was held on Monday, May 14, 2007, to elect 12 of the 24 seats in the Senate. Together with those elected in 2004, they will comprise the 14th Congress via plurality-at-large voting. The senators elected in 2004 will serve until June 30, 2010, while the senators elected in this election will serve up to June 30, 2013. The elections to the House of Representatives as well as local elections occurred on the same date. The Philippines uses plurality-at-large voting for seats in the Senate.
In the election, the opposition-backed alliance called the Genuine Opposition (GO) defeated the administration-led alliance TEAM Unity by winning seven of the twelve seats in the Senate. For the first time in Philippine history, Antonio Trillanes was elected as a senator while currently detained for mutiny and rebellion charges. Almost the incumbents running for reelection won except for Ralph Recto who was at fourteenth place.
An electoral protest of GO's Koko Pimentel, the 13th placed candidate, against TEAM Unity's Migz Zubiri, the 12th place candidate, resulted in Zubiri's resignation in the Senate, and the Senate Electoral Tribunal's decision to replace Pimentel with Zubiri. This led to GO winning 8 seats, the biggest win by the opposition in the Senate election history since 1951, notwithstanding 2 other opposition candidates won, and only 2 administration candidates won.
On March 19, 2007, COMELEC released Resolution No.7832 which finalized and approved the official candidates for the senatorial election. On March 29, 2007, COMELEC certified 37 Senatorial Candidates. [1]
On March 11, 2007, the Old COMELEC Building in Intramuros, Manila was burned by a blazing fire ruining several ballot boxes and pending election protests. The Genuine Opposition considered the fire as political act which ended in burning of several election protests and contested ballot boxes. Investigators found out that instead of arson, it was the generator of the building which caused and since the building was built with tar and wood it would easily razed by fire. The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) faced scrutiny because of the fire that hit its old building on March 11 resulting in speculations of conspiracies to cheat on the May 14 elections. [2] The COMELEC was also lambasted for publishing on the internet the names, addresses and details of registered voters. [3]
Three people with the name Aquino filed their candidacies (Benigno Aquino III, Tessie Aquino-Oreta and Theodore Aquino), and there was confusion as to who is credited with a vote if someone wrote only "Aquino" on the ballot. Since Theodore Aquino was disqualified because he had dual citizenship and former Sen. Tessie Aquino-Oreta has the last name Oreta, COMELEC ruled that all votes with only the name Aquino would go to Tarlac Rep. Benigno Aquino III. All three Aquinos are related to each other.
The matter was the same as the Aquino issue. Representative Alan Peter Cayetano (Taguig-Pateros) found out that a certain Joselito Cayetano belonging to the Kilusang Bagong Lipunan (KBL) filed his candidacy with the nickname "Peter" which was really "Jojo". Alan therefore filed a disqualification case (SPA 07-019) against Jojo. Jojo was declared a nuisance candidate by the COMELEC resolution on March 27, 2007.
Jojo then filed for a motion for reconsideration which was eventually rejected on May 11, 2007, but COMELEC did not remove his name from the Official List of Senatorial Candidates and ruled on May 12, 2007, that all votes with only the name "CAYETANO" will be stray votes (discarded) and therefore not counted to either the candidates until Supreme Court resolved the matter. The COMELEC said that Jojo could file a motion for reconsideration at the Supreme Court within five days.
TEAM (Together Everyone Achieves More) Unity was the administration-backed coalition composed mostly of supporters and erstwhile critics of then-President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. TEAM Unity sought to take several Senate seats in order to ensure the passage of President Arroyo's legislative programs and also to protect her from any impeachment attempts by the political opposition after the midterm elections. This coalition is composed by different major political parties including Lakas—Christian Muslim Democrats, Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino, Nationalist People's Coalition, Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino, and Partido Demokratiko Sosyalista ng Pilipinas. The coalition's campaign team was headed by veteran political strategist Reli German as campaign manager, together with Tourism Secretary Ace Durano as spokesperson and Ike Rodriguez as campaign director. TEAM Unity held their proclamation rally at the Cebu Coliseum on February 17, 2007.
Genuine Opposition (GO) was the main opposition-backed coalition of the parties' senatorial line-up for the elections, which was in opposition to President Arroyo. It was originally called the "United Opposition" (UNO), created by opposition stalwart and Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay in June 2005 to unite all politicians who sought to impeach President Arroyo. UNO then reorganized itself and changed its name to Grand and Broad Coalition (GBC), with the UNO party under that coalition. On February 15, 2007, the group changed its name again to Genuine Opposition after a meeting with Senate President Manny Villar in his office in Las Piñas.
Candidates made use of different campaign platforms to win. Prospero Pichay Jr., Manny Villar, Mike Defensor, and Loren Legarda had been very visible in TV ads. Francis Pangilinan preferred to run as an independent and decided not to participate in sorties and campaign of the Genuine Opposition, even though he was initially drafted as a guest candidate. Teresa Aquino-Oreta had raised different reactions in her TV ad campaign asking the people's forgiveness being the “dancing queen” during the impeachment of deposed President Joseph Estrada. Some candidates like Francis Escudero, Vicente Magsaysay, Francis Pangilinan, Joker Arroyo, Antonio Trillanes and Koko Pimentel made use of the internet by joining networks sites like Friendster; making or updating Wikipedia entries, establishing blogs and websites and airing the commercials on YouTube.
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At this point in time, two senators are voluntarily retiring from the Senate at the end of their current term. As well four senators are term-limited by the Constitution of the Philippines after serving two consecutive terms. There was one vacancy left in the outgoing Senate as Noli de Castro (Independent) was elected as vice-president in 2004.
Opinion polling (locally known as "surveys") is carried out by two major polling firms: Social Weather Stations (SWS), and Pulse Asia, with a handful of minor polling firms. A typical poll asks a voter to name twelve persons one would vote for in the senate election.
Pollster | Pulse Asia [4] | SWS [5] | Pulse Asia [6] | SWS [5] | Pulse Asia [7] | SWS [5] | SWS [5] | |
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Date(s) administered | January 25–28, 2007 | February 22–27, 2007 | February 26–March 5, 2007 | March 15–18, 2007 | April 3–5, 2007 | April 14–17, 2007 | May 2–4, 2007 | |
Sample size | 1,200 | 1,200 | 1,200 | 1,200 | 1,200 | 1,200 | 1,200 | |
Margin of error | ±3.0% | ±3.0% | ±3.0% | ±3.0% | ±3.0% | ±3.0% | ±3.0% | |
Candidates (Party; ticket) | 1 | Legarda (NPC; GO), 46.6% | Pangilinan (LP; Ind), 57% | Legarda (NPC; GO), 56.8% | Legarda (NPC; GO), 58% | Legarda (NPC; GO), 56.8% | Legarda (NPC; GO), 58% | Legarda (NPC; GO), 59% |
2 | Lacson (UNO; GO), 34.6% Pangilinan (LP; Ind), 34.6% | Legarda (NPC; GO), 54% | Lacson (UNO; GO), 41.1% | Villar (NP; GO), 57% | Escudero (NPC; GO), 47.2% | Villar (NP; GO), 45% | Villar (NP; GO), 46% | |
3 | Villar (NP; GO), 52% | Pangilinan (LP; Ind), 39.4% | Pangilinan (LP; Ind), 48% | Villar (NP; GO), 47.0% | Escudero (NPC; GO), 41% Lacson (UNO; GO), 41% | Escudero (NPC; GO), 43% | ||
4 | Cayetano (NP; GO), 31.7% | Cayetano (NP; GO), 43% | Escudero (NPC; GO), 35.5% | Lacson (UNO; GO), 42% | Lacson (UNO; GO), 43.9% | Pangilinan (LP; Ind), 41% | ||
5 | Sotto (NPC; TU), 28.8% | Lacson (UNO; GO), 42% | Recto (Lakas; TU), 35.2% | Escudero (NPC; GO), 40% | Pangilinan (LP; Ind), 38.8% | Pangilinan (LP; Ind), 39% | Lacson (UNO; GO), 39% | |
6 | Villar (NP; GO), 26.4% | Recto (Lakas; TU), 37% | Villar (NP; GO), 35.0% | Cayetano (NP; GO), 39% | Cayetano (NP; GO), 38.2% | Recto (Lakas; TU), 36% | Recto (Lakas; TU), 36% Aquino (LP; GO), 36% | |
7 | Recto (Lakas; TU), 26.0% | Escudero (NPC; GO), 36% | Arroyo (KAMPI; TU), 34.5% | Recto (Lakas; TU), 37% | Honasan (Ind; Ind), 35.7% | Angara (LDP; TU), 35% | ||
8 | Arroyo (KAMPI; TU), 25.8% | Sotto (NPC; TU), 31% | Aquino (LP; GO), 34.2% | Angara (LDP; TU), 32% | Aquino (LP; GO), 35.5% | Arroyo (KAMPI; TU), 32% | Cayetano (NP; GO), 34% | |
9 | Ejercito (PMP; GO), 25.7% | Aquino (LP; GO), 30% Osmeña (UNO; GO), 30% | Angara (LDP; TU), 32.1% | Honasan (Ind; Ind), 29% | Recto (Lakas; TU), 35.4% | Cayetano (NP; GO), 31% | Honasan (Ind; Ind), 32% Zubiri (Lakas; TU), 32% | |
10 | Pimentel (PDP Laban; GO), 24.4% | Cayetano (NP; GO), 30.9% | Aquino (LP; GO), 28% Arroyo (KAMPI; TU), 28% | Angara (LDP; TU), 35.2% | Sotto (NPC; TU), 30% | |||
11 | Angara (LDP; TU), 24.0% | Arroyo (KAMPI; TU), 29% | Honasan (Ind; Ind), 27.3% | Arroyo (KAMPI; TU), 33.4% | Honasan (Ind; Ind), 28% | |||
12 | Honasan (Ind; Ind), 23.3% | Honasan (Ind; Ind), 28% | Sotto (NPC; TU), 25.4% | Zubiri (Lakas; TU), 32.0% | ||||
13 | Escudero (NPC; GO), 23.2% | Pimentel (PDP Laban; GO), 23.1% | Pimentel (PDP Laban; GO), 30.1% | Sotto (NPC; TU), 26% | ||||
14 | Aquino (LP; GO), 22.5% | Magsaysay (Lakas; TU), 22.4% | Pimentel (PDP Laban; GO), 25% | Sotto (NPC; TU), 29.2% | Zubiri (Lakas; TU), 25% | Pimentel (PDP Laban; GO), 25% | ||
15 | Osmeña (UNO; GO), 17.9% | Defensor (Lakas; TU), 21% | Roco (Aksyon; GO), 22.4% | Defensor (Lakas; TU), 21% | Roco (Aksyon; GO), 23% | Roco (Aksyon; GO), 27.1% | Defensor (Lakas; TU), 24% Trillanes (UNO; GO), 24% | |
None Refused Undecided | 12.2% | 14% | 10% | 10.6% | 8.8% | 12% | 13% |
Candidates who were not make it to the top 12, but were within the margin of error from the 12th-placed candidate, are denoted by figures inside the parenthesis.
Pollster | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Parties | Coalitions | |||||||||||
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KAMPI | Lakas | LDP | LP | NP | NPC | PDP Laban | UNO | Ind | GO | Ind | TEAM Unity | |||||
SWS [5] | May 2–4, 2007 | 1,200 | ±3.0% | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | |
SWS [5] | Apr 14–17, 2007 | 1,200 | ±3.0% | 1 | 1(+1) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6(+1) | 2 | 4(+1) | |
Pulse Asia [6] | Apr 3–5, 2007 | 1,200 | ±3.0% | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0(+1) | 2 | 1 | 7(+1) | 2 | 4 | |
SWS [5] | Mar 15–18, 2007 | 1,200 | ±3.0% | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0(+1) | 1(+1) | 1 | 6(+1) | 2 | 5 | |
Pulse Asia [6] | Feb 26–Mar 5, 2007 | 1,200 | ±3.0% | 1 | 1(+1) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0(+1) | 1 | 1 | 6(+2) | 2 | 4(+1) | |
SWS [5] | Feb 22–27, 2007 | 1,200 | ±3.0% | 1 | 1 | 0(+1) | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0(+1) | 2 | 1 | 6(+1) | 2 | 4(+1) | |
Pulse Asia [4] | Jan 25–28, 2007 | 1,200 | ±3.0% | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1(+1) | 2 | 2(+1) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5(+2) | 2 | 4 |
The Genuine Opposition (GO) originally won seven seats, TEAM Unity won three seats, a Liberal Party candidate not in any slate won one, and an independent won one.
Five incumbents successfully defended their seats: Edgardo Angara and Joker Arroyo for TEAM Unity, Panfilo Lacson and Manny Villar from GO, and Francis Pangilinan of the Liberal Party.
GO's Benigno Aquino III, Alan Peter Cayetano, Francis Escudero, Antonio Trillanes, and TEAM Unity's Migz Zubiri are the neophyte senators.
Returning are independent candidate Gregorio Honasan, and Loren Legarda from GO.
TEAM Unity's Ralph Recto was the sole incumbent defeated.
Juan Miguel Zubiri's seat would later be awarded to Koko Pimentel of GO in 2011 when the latter won an election protest against the former.
The election of Alfredo Lim as Mayor of Manila in concurrent elections means that his Senate seat will be vacant until June 30, 2010.
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Rank | Candidate | Coalition | Party | Votes | % | |
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1. | Loren Legarda | GO | NPC | 18,501,734 | 62.7% | |
2. | Francis Escudero | GO | NPC | 18,265,307 | 61.9% | |
3. | Panfilo Lacson | GO | UNO | 15,509,188 | 52.6% | |
4. | Manny Villar | GO | Nacionalista | 15,338,412 | 52.0% | |
5. | Francis Pangilinan | Liberal | 14,534,678 | 49.3% | ||
6. | Benigno Aquino III | GO | Liberal | 14,309,349 | 48.5% | |
7. | Edgardo Angara | TEAM Unity | LDP | 12,657,769 | 42.9% | |
8. | Joker Arroyo | TEAM Unity | KAMPI | 11,803,107 | 40.0% | |
9. | Alan Peter Cayetano | GO | Nacionalista | 11,787,679 | 40.0% | |
10. | Gregorio Honasan | Independent | 11,605,531 | 39.3% | ||
11. | Antonio Trillanes | GO | UNO | 11,189,671 | 37.9% | |
12. | Koko Pimentel | GO | PDP–Laban | 10,898,786 | 37.3% | |
13. | Migz Zubiri 1 | TEAM Unity | Lakas | 10,640,620 | 37.2% | |
14. | Ralph Recto | TEAM Unity | Lakas | 10,721,252 | 36.3% | |
15. | Mike Defensor | TEAM Unity | Lakas | 9,938,995 | 33.7% | |
16. | Prospero Pichay Jr. | TEAM Unity | Lakas | 9,798,622 | 33.2% | |
17. | Sonia Roco | GO | Aksyon | 8,457,748 | 28.7% | |
18. | Cesar Montano | TEAM Unity | Lakas | 7,800,451 | 26.4% | |
19. | Tito Sotto | TEAM Unity | NPC | 7,638,361 | 25.9% | |
20. | John Henry Osmeña | GO | UNO | 7,267,048 | 24.6% | |
21. | Vicente Magsaysay | TEAM Unity | Lakas | 6,357,905 | 21.4% | |
22. | Nikki Coseteng | GO | Independent | 5,274,682 | 17.9% | |
23. | Tessie Aquino-Oreta | TEAM Unity | NPC | 4,362,065 | 14.8% | |
24. | Chavit Singson | TEAM Unity | Lakas | 4,353,644 | 14.8% | |
25. | Richard Gomez | Independent | 2,725,664 | 9.2% | ||
26. | Jamalul Kiram III | TEAM Unity | PDSP | 2,488,994 | 8.4% | |
27. | Melchor Chavez | KBL | 843,702 | 2.9% | ||
28. | Martin Bautista | Ang Kapatiran | 761,165 | 2.6% | ||
29. | Zosimo Paredes | Ang Kapatiran | 713,817 | 2.4% | ||
30. | Joselito Pepito Cayetano | KBL | 510,366 | 1.7% | ||
31. | Adrian Sison | Ang Kapatiran | 402,331 | 1.4% | ||
32. | Oliver Lozano | KBL | 305,647 | 1.0% | ||
33. | Antonio Estrella | KBL | 285,488 | 1.0% | ||
34. | Victor Wood | KBL | 283,036 | 1.0% | ||
35. | Felix Cantal | PGRP | 123,608 | 0.4% | ||
36. | Eduardo Orpilla | KBL | 107,532 | 0.4% | ||
37. | Ruben Enciso | KBL | 100,523 | 0.3% | ||
Total turnout | 29,498,660 | 65.51% | ||||
Total votes | 268,664,477 | N/A | ||||
Registered voters | 45,029,443 | 100.0% | ||||
Note: 37 candidates ran for senator. | Source: COMELEC.gov.ph website |
Party or alliance | Votes | % | Seats | |||
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Genuine Opposition | Nationalist People's Coalition | 36,767,041 | 13.69 | 2 | ||
United Opposition | 33,965,907 | 12.64 | 2 | |||
Nacionalista Party | 27,126,091 | 10.10 | 2 | |||
Liberal Party | 14,309,349 | 5.33 | 1 | |||
PDP–Laban | 10,898,786 | 4.06 | 1 | |||
Aksyon Demokratiko | 8,457,748 | 3.15 | 0 | |||
Independent | 5,274,682 | 1.96 | 0 | |||
Total | 136,799,604 | 50.92 | 8 | |||
TEAM Unity | Lakas–CMD | 59,611,489 | 22.19 | 0 | ||
Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino | 12,657,769 | 4.71 | 1 | |||
Nationalist People's Coalition | 12,000,426 | 4.47 | 0 | |||
Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino | 11,803,107 | 4.39 | 1 | |||
Partido Demokratiko Sosyalista ng Pilipinas | 2,488,994 | 0.93 | 0 | |||
Total | 98,561,785 | 36.69 | 2 | |||
Liberal Party | 14,534,678 | 5.41 | 1 | |||
Kilusang Bagong Lipunan | 2,436,294 | 0.91 | 0 | |||
Ang Kapatiran | 1,877,313 | 0.70 | 0 | |||
Philippine Green Republican Party | 123,608 | 0.05 | 0 | |||
Independent | 14,331,195 | 5.33 | 1 | |||
Total | 268,664,477 | 100.00 | 12 | |||
Total votes | 29,498,660 | – | ||||
Registered voters/turnout | 45,029,443 | 65.51 |
This table depicts the totals after the Senate Electoral Tribunal's 2011 decision on Pimentel v. Zubiri electoral protest.
Party | Votes | % | +/– | Seats | |||||
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Up | Before | Won | After | +/− | |||||
Lakas–CMD | 59,611,489 | 22.19 | −9.55 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | −2 | |
Nationalist People's Coalition | 48,767,467 | 18.15 | New | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | |
United Opposition | 33,965,907 | 12.64 | New | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | +1 | |
Liberal Party | 28,844,027 | 10.74 | −1.06 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | −1 | |
Nacionalista Party | 27,126,091 | 10.10 | New | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | +1 | |
Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino | 12,657,769 | 4.71 | New | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino | 11,803,107 | 4.39 | New | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
PDP–Laban | 10,898,786 | 4.06 | New | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
Aksyon Demokratiko | 8,457,748 | 3.15 | −0.53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Partido Demokratiko Sosyalista ng Pilipinas | 2,488,994 | 0.93 | New | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Kilusang Bagong Lipunan | 2,436,294 | 0.91 | +0.70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ang Kapatiran | 1,877,313 | 0.70 | New | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Philippine Green Republican Party | 123,608 | 0.05 | New | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Independent | 19,605,877 | 7.30 | −0.52 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | New | |
People's Reform Party | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | −2 | ||||
Vacancy | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Total | 268,664,477 | 100.00 | – | 12 | 24 | 12 | 24 | 0 | |
Total votes | 29,498,660 | – | |||||||
Registered voters/turnout | 45,029,443 | 65.51 |
Party/coalition | Revised by SET | COMELEC | NAMFREL | Pulse Asia | ABS-CBN [8] | GMA [9] |
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GO | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 |
TEAM Unity | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Independents | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Others | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ABS-CBN/Pulse AsiaNumbers in percentages. Conducted by ABS-CBN and Pulse Asia.
| NASSA/NAMFREL quick count
Source: NAMFRELPHILIPPINES.org website |
Although the Genuine Opposition gained control of the Senate after the elections, they were divided on who was to be next Senate President. As such, Senate President Manuel Villar (Nacionalista) formed a bloc in the Senate to contest the Senate presidency. Facing him was the minority leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr. backed by several fellow opposition senators. On July 26, 2007, Villar defeated Pimentel was elected to Senate by a vote of 15–7 with Villar and Pimentel voting for each other. Senator Antonio Trillanes was not allowed to attend the Senate session. [13]
This is how the election for the Senate presidency went: [13]
Voted for Villar | Voted for Pimentel | Not voting | Vacancy |
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The 12th Senate seat was contested between TEAM Unity's Juan Miguel Zubiri and GO's Koko Pimentel Zubiri was proclaimed In July 2007 with a margin of about 20,000 votes, [14] but Pimentel filed an electoral protest to the Senate Electoral Tribunal (SET), which the tribunal accepted, alleging there was massive electoral fraud in Maguindanao. [15] After the revision of votes on Pimentel's protest in July 2009, he released a statement that he now leads Zubiri by 96,000 votes; [16] Zubiri countered that his counter-protest that alleges similar fraud in Mega Manila has him leading by around 132,000 votes in areas affected by his counter protest. [16]
In July 2011, suspended Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) governor Zaldy Ampatuan and Maguindanao election supervisor Lintang Bedol alleged that there was indeed fraud in the ARMM in favor of TEAM Unity. [17] On August 3, 2011, Zubiri resigned, maintaining that he had no hand in alleged electoral fraud in the ARMM. [18] He withdrew his counter-protest, [19] which led to the SET to proclaim Pimentel as the winner on August 11, 2011. [20] Pimentel took his oath at Mati, Davao Oriental, where he had the highest rank among the provinces, finishing in second place. [21]
Pimentel sued former president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, COMELEC chairman Benjamin Abalos, Maguinadanao elections supervisor Lintang Bedol and others for electoral sabotage on August 17, 2011, at the Department of Justice (DOJ). [22] A joint DOJ-COMELEC panel began investigations on Pimentel's suit by November 3. [23] On November 18, 2011, the commission voted to file charges against Arroyo and others at the Pasay Regional Trial Court, which later ordered Arroyo, Abalos and Bedol arrested later in the day. [24]
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Together Everybody Achieves More (TEAM) Unity was an electoral alliance in the Philippines that contested the 2007 Philippine general election. TEAM Unity's candidates were supporters of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and her administration. The alliance sought to win several Senate and House seats to protect Arroyo from impeachment attempts. Politicians who opposed the Arroyo administration formed their own electoral alliance, Genuine Opposition (GO), to challenge TEAM Unity.
Antonio Fuentes Trillanes IV is a retired Philippine naval officer who also served as a senator of the Philippines from 2007 to 2019. He is known for his involvement in the Oakwood mutiny of 2003 and the Manila Peninsula siege in 2007 in protest against the Arroyo administration, and as a vocal critic of the Duterte administration.
Genuine Opposition (GO) was an electoral alliance in the Philippines that contested the 2007 Philippine general election. The alliance's members were in opposition to President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. It was originally called the United Opposition (UNO), founded by Makati mayor Jejomar Binay in June 2005 to unite all politicians who wanted to impeach President Arroyo. UNO then reorganized itself and changed its name to Grand and Broad Coalition (GBC), with the UNO party under that coalition. On February 15, 2007, the group changed its name again to Genuine Opposition after a meeting with Senate President Manny Villar due to the defection of senators Edgardo Angara, Tessie Aquino-Oreta, and Tito Sotto to Arroyo's senatorial slate, TEAM Unity.
Aquilino Martin de la Llana Pimentel III, commonly known as Koko Pimentel, is a Filipino politician and lawyer serving as the Senate Minority Leader since 2022. He has been a Senator since 2011 and previously served as the Senate President of the Philippines from 2016 to 2018. He is also the national chairman of Partido Demokratiko Pilipino–Lakas ng Bayan (PDP–Laban). As the eldest son and third child of the former Senate President Aquilino Pimentel Jr., he is the first child of a previous Senate president to hold the office. He was sworn in on August 12, 2011, and was proclaimed as the 12th winning senator in the 2007 election. Pimentel was one of the high-ranking public officials who drew flak for breaching the COVID-19 quarantine protocols.
Koko Pimentel versus Migz Zubiri better known as Pimentel v. Zubiri is a SET Case No. 001-07 that resolved the election protest filed by Koko Pimentel after the proclamation of Migz Zubiri as senator after the 2007 Philippine Senate election. The Senate Electoral Tribunal (SET) on June 19, 2008, resolved to proceed with the election protest of Pimentel against Senator Zubiri: "Indeed, there is reasonable ground to believe that the outcome of the case could affect the officially proclaimed results of the 12th senatorial position in the 2007 Senate election, hence, the election protest case deserves further proceedings by the tribunal.
The 2010 Philippine presidential and vice presidential elections were held on Monday, May 10, 2010. The ruling President of the Philippines, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, was ineligible to seek re-election as per the 1987 Constitution, thus necessitating an election to select the 15th President.
The 2010 election of members to the Senate of the Philippines was the 30th election to the Senate of the Philippines. It was held on Monday, May 10, 2010, to elect 12 of the 24 seats in the Senate. The winners in this election joined the winners of the 2007 election to form the 15th Congress of the Philippines. The senators elected in 2007 will serve until June 30, 2013, while the senators elected in this election will serve up to June 30, 2016. The 2010 presidential election, elections to the House of Representatives as well as local elections occurred on the same date. The Philippines uses plurality-at-large voting for seats in the Senate: the twelve candidates with the highest number of votes wins the twelve seats up for election.
The 2013 election of members to the Senate of the Philippines was the 31st election to the Senate of the Philippines. It was held on Monday, May 13, 2013, to elect 12 of the 24 seats in the Senate. The winners in this election joined the winners of the 2010 election to form the 16th Congress of the Philippines. The senators elected in 2010 will serve until June 30, 2016, while the senators elected in this election will serve up to June 30, 2019. The elections to the House of Representatives as well as local elections occurred on the same date. The Philippines use plurality-at-large voting for seats in the Senate: the twelve candidates with the highest number of votes win the twelve seats up for election. The Senate seat vacated by President Benigno Aquino III in 2010 was among the twelve seats to be put for election.
The United Nationalist Alliance is a political party in the Philippines. It was created as a multi-party electoral alliance replacing the former United Opposition (UNO) coalition for the 2013 midterm elections, before it was launched as a single political party on July 1, 2015, by Jejomar Binay for his candidacy in the 2016 presidential election.
Team PNoy, formerly known as the LP–Akbayan–NPC–NP–LDP Coalition, was a political umbrella coalition in the Philippines, originally formed to support the administration-backed senatorial line-up for the 2013 Philippine Senate election. Team PNoy is composed mostly of supporters of former President Benigno Aquino III. The coalition is composed of the Liberal Party, the Nacionalista Party, the Nationalist People's Coalition, the Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino, the Akbayan Citizens' Action Party, the PDP–Laban and the National Unity Party.
The 2016 election of members to the Senate of the Philippines was the 32nd election of members to the Senate of the Philippines. It was held on Monday, May 9, 2016, The seats of 12 senators elected in 2010 were filled during this election. The winners in this election joined the winners of the 2013 election to form the 17th Congress of the Philippines. The senators elected in 2013 served until June 30, 2019, while the senators elected in this election would serve up to June 30, 2022.
The 2019 election of members to the Senate of the Philippines was the 33rd election of members to the Senate of the Philippines for a six-year term. It was held on May 13, 2019.
The 2022 Philippine Senate election was the 34th election of members to the Senate of the Philippines for a six-year term. It was held on May 9, 2022.
These are the people who, at one time or another, had been considered, announced, declined or withdrew his or her candidacy in the 2019 Philippine Senate election.