Palace on Sara claiming fraud during Eleksyon 2025: Let's respect the result

Malacañang underscored Friday that the result of the recently concluded midterm elections should be respected. 

At a press briefing, Palace Press Officer Undersecretary Atty. Claire Castro reacted to the claim of Vice President Sara Duterte that there was fraud in the recent elections, saying that three more Partido Demokratiko Pilipino (PDP) bets “won.”

''Well sa mga ganito kasi, wish lang nila iyon, libre naman ang mangarap. Ang pangarap na iyon sa ngayon ay hindi mangyayari. Ang pangarap sana ay huwag gawing reyalidad baka maraming maniwala,'' Castro said.

(In such cases, it's just their wish. It's free. That wish will not happen. I hope they don't make it a reality as more people might believe them.) 

''So, kung ano po ang resolusyon ang naging resulta ng eleksyon, igalang na lang po natin,'' Castro added.

(So, whatever the result of the elections, let's respect it.) 

With that kind of narrative, the Palace official said Duterte and her camp only want to destroy the integrity of the polls, and even the Commission on Elections. 

Castro added that the camp was not saying anything good about the administration. 

During an Independence Day event with Filipinos in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Duterte said she spoke to IT experts who said it was impossible that the numbers that came out in the elections were true.

She urged PDP to question how the counting process was done.

The two PDP-Laban bets who won in the recent midterm elections were reelectionists Christopher “Bong” Go and Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa. House member Rodante Marcoleta, who also won, was endorsed by the PDP. — RSJ, GMA Integrated News

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