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RG Cruz

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<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/17653547599761739690192451viber_image_2025-02-16_13-06-59-328.jpg.webp" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/>Handout photo, Team Atty. Jimmy Bondoc</div>MANILA — Representatives of the PDP party — sometimes also called by their old name PDP-Laban — pressed the Senate leadership to launch a probe into alleged irregularities in the May 2025 elections Party lawyer Israelito Torreon and defeated senatorial candidate Jesus &quot;Jayvee&quot; Hinlo filed their letter appeals to Senate President Vicente Sotto III and Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo Lacson, chair of the Senate&#x27;s Electoral Reforms panel.<div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/regions/2024/4/20/duterte-stays-with-pdp-851">Duterte stays with PDP; party drops &#x27;Laban&#x27; from name</a></div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/5/17/pdp-laban-lawyer-seeks-probe-on-2025-midterm-election-results-1757">The party previously asked the Senate to launch an investigation</a> and Torreon said they are making the request again for the Senate to look into &quot;miracles&quot; that they said happened in the midterm polls.&quot;So long as the sun rises in the east, we will continue to hope,&quot; Torreon said, adding he hopes the Senate will heed the request so &quot;our people will learn to trust the results of the elections because the election is the bedrock of democracy.&quot;Hinlo, a commissioner in the Presidential Anti-Corruption Commission during the Duterte administration, said the party wants ballots checked against the copies that were transmitted for tabulation and canvassing.&quot;Para malaman once and for all kung ang vote counting machine ay accurate sa pagbasa ng mga boto ng tao at the precinct level,&quot; he said.(So we will know once and for all if the vote-counting machines are accurate down to the precinct level)<div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/6/16/baste-duterte-takes-over-as-acting-pdp-laban-president-robin-on-leave-1226">Baste Duterte takes over as acting PDP Laban president, Robin on leave </a></div>He added the Senate as well as the Commission on Elections should welcome the investigation to ensure credible elections in 2028.&quot;Very important ang susunod na presidential election kasi po, hating-hating na ang taumbayan. The only thing holding us back together, yung mga naniniwala na may demokrasya pa rin, ay ang eleksyon,&quot; he also said.(The next presidential elections are very important because the people are divided. The only thing holding us together — those who still believe we are in a democracy — are the elections)

Party lawyer Israelito Torreon and defeated senatorial candidate Jesus "Jayvee" Hinlo filed their letter appeals to Senate President Vicente Sotto III and Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo Lacson, chair of the Senate's Electoral Reforms panel.

Party lawyer Israelito Torreon and defeated senatorial candidate Jesus "Jayvee" Hinlo filed their letter appeals to Senate President Vicente Sotto III and Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo Lacson, chair of the Senate's Electoral Reforms panel.

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Duterte party wants Senate probe into alleged irregularities in midterm polls

RG Cruz,

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Published December 10, 2025 04:24 PM PHT

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Updated December 10, 2025 07:26 PM PHT

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