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RG Cruz

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MANILA — Lawyer Israelito Torreon and six defeated PDP Laban senatorial candidates in Halalan 2025, along with its party chairman, wrote Senate President Francis Escudero seeking a Senate Blue Ribbon Committee investigation into what they called &quot;irregularities&quot; in the 2025 elections.They accused a &quot;direct and blatant involvement of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) in the widespread and well-documented irregularities in the 2025 National, Local, and Bangsamoro Elections (2025 elections).&quot;&quot;While we celebrate the victory of our peers here in the Senate, we also cannot in good turn a blind eye to the frustrating realities that diminish the faith of the Filipino People in our democratic process,&quot; the letter said.The letter was signed by Torreon, PDP Laban Acting Chairman Alfonso Cusi, and 2025 senatorial candidates Raul Lambino, JV Hinlo, Jimmy Bondoc, Philip Salvador, Victor Rodriguez and Richard Mata.The 21 page letter contains a summary of alleged irregularities they want investigated: Mishandling of Election Paraphernalia, Boxes of Transmission Devices found inside a private residence;  Online Voting Irregularities, Undocumented Destruction of 6 million Ballots, Questionable Procurement Activities, Clandestine Modification of ACM Software and Various Election Day irregularities such as: over 17 M Senatorial votes excluded from the official count due to the ACM&#x27;s erroneously rejecting millions of ballots for alleged overvoting even if the voters did not really overvote, rampant mismatch between ballot contents and voter receipts, hijacked electronic transmission of election returns; Comelec intercepted the election returns from every precinct, rerouted them to an unlisted server and had sole control over the consolidation of votes.It also alleged the manifest failure of Comelec to ensure the integrity of the elections, claiming ballots have no serial numbers, voters deprived of any meaningful opportunity to verify their votes, the hijacked transmission of election returns, 5 million votes deleted for being allegedly duplicate votes, and approximately 6 million ballots which were allegedly destroyed without any proper documentation and full detailed report as well as the mishandling of election paraphernalia.In an interview, Torreon told media they met with Escudero.&quot;At nag-promise naman po siya ng suporta po nitong nire-request namin na investigasyon sa mga irregularidad nung nakarang eleksyon. Para naman po ito sa bansa po natin. At para naman macorrect po kung ano pong mga irregularidad na nangyari at hindi na ito makuulit po sa 2028 elections,&quot; Torreon said. <div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/7/8/comelec-publishes-soces-of-halalan-2025-candidates-political-parties-partylists-2055">Comelec publishes SOCEs of Halalan 2025 candidates, political parties, partylists</a></div>Torreon clarified they are not out to get their candidates installed in the Senate.&quot;Hindi ito ang kanilang pakay dito. Ang pakay nila dito at namin dito ng PDP laban ni Secretary Al Cusi ay para mawasto po ang lahat ng mga irregularidad, ang lahat po ng mga mali na nangyari doon sa nakaraang eleksyon,&quot; he said.&quot;Seven million po yung overvote. Kung nakwenta yun, marami po sana sa PDP laban, ang mga kandidato at mga guest candidates ang nakaupo ngayon. Pero again, i-emphasize namin, hindi po yun ang pakay namin, ang gusto namin. Mawasto ito para sa 2028 po na eleksyon. Sana wala na itong mga problema na ito. At maklaro din namin yung online voting na wala sa batas. Bakit in-implementa yun through a mere Comelec resolution? Kaya naman marami pong mga Botante po natin na mga OFWs na hindi naang bumoto dahil po sa kanilang sama ng loob,&quot; Torreon added.&quot;Nakasaad po dito mula sa pagkawala ng 6 million na balota, noong mga mismatching po doon sa ballots, at saka doon sa kung anong nakita po doon, sa monitor ng computer, yung hindi po pagkatugma ng binoto doon sa VVPAT, yung paglagay ng data center tree na wala sa batas, yung online voting na wala naman sa batas yun, at saka lahat po, at may isasabi din si Atty. Jimmy Bondoc dahil dito.&quot;&quot;Uulitin lang po namin in behalf of the Duterte or the PDP Laban and the Duterte 7 na hindi po namin nais umupo o baliktarin ang mga resulta kundi para po sa hinaharap hindi po maulit ito,&quot; Bondoc said.Escudero said the matter will be referred to the Office of the Senate Secretary, so it may be referred to the Rules Committee, which can include it in their order of business.

Lawyer Israelito Torreon and six defeated PDP Laban senatorial candidates in Halalan 2025, along with its party chairman, wrote Senate President Francis Escudero seeking a Senate Blue Ribbon Committee investigation into the what they called "irregularities" in the 2025 elections.

Lawyer Israelito Torreon and six defeated PDP Laban senatorial candidates in Halalan 2025, along with its party chairman, wrote Senate President Francis Escudero seeking a Senate Blue Ribbon Committee investigation into the what they called "irregularities" in the 2025 elections.

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Defeated PDP Laban senatorial bets seek Senate probe on Halalan 2025 'irregularities'

RG Cruz,

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Published August 14, 2025 05:37 PM PHT

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