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'NOT TODAY': Proclamation of winning senators, party-lists deferred anew

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<figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/SyOiXSUBcaY?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>MANILA (<strong>UPDATE</strong>) -- The proclamation of winning senators and party-list groups was postponed for a second time on Tuesday, the Commission on Elections said. </p><p>The poll body around noon was still canvassing election returns from Saudi Arabia and waiting for those from Washington, which represent some 200,000 voters, said Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez.</p><p>&quot;In order to make sure na wala nang movement sa rankings ng elected officials natin, we need to get that squared away,&quot; he told reporters. </p><p>&quot;What do we say to the gods of proclamation? Not today,&quot; he added. </p><p>Election officials in Washington were waiting for returns from Los Angeles, but &quot;we can&#x27;t get in touch with them, that&#x27;s why we&#x27;re seeing this delay,&quot; said Jimenez. </p><p>A partial proclamation &quot;at this point [is] still not being considered,&quot; the official said. </p><p>The proclamation was initially scheduled on Sunday and reset to Tuesday before Jimenez&#x27;s announcement. </p><p>Nine of 12 available seats in the Senate looked set to go to administration candidates and the rest to &quot;independents,&quot; unofficial tallies showed. </p><p>Comelec has yet to receive any information on whether or not President Rodrigo Duterte will attend the proclamation, said Jimenez. </p><p>Duterte in October last year had accompanied his former longtime aide Christopher &quot;Bong&quot; Go in submitting his certificates of candidacy for senator. </p><p>Go, who was venturing into politics for the first time, was at third place, according to partial tallies. </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Visit <a href="https://t.co/jVNu9nzt0J">https://t.co/jVNu9nzt0J</a> for the latest updates on <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HalalanResults?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HalalanResults</a>. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Halalan2019?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Halalan2019</a></p>— ABS-CBN News (@ABSCBNNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/ABSCBNNews/status/1127999005437202432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 13, 2019</a></blockquote><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script>

<p>The proclamation of winning senators and party-list groups was postponed for a second time on Tuesday, the Commission on Elections said. </p>

The proclamation of winning senators and party-list groups was postponed for a second time on Tuesday, the Commission on Elections said.