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Comelec proclaims Gabriela as winner of 64th party-list seat

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Job Manahan

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<div><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FabscbnNEWS%2Fposts%2Fpfbid0291mtQDNfZ81aKAM696Rkgoz2choUHDu6qvRhQcDCcQ4Y5BUDxyN9p45f9iiWf15cl&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500" width="500" height="549" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><div><br/></div><p>MANILA — The Commission on Elections (Comelec), sitting as the National Board of Canvassers on Wednesday, proclaimed Gabriela as the winner of the 64th party-list seat in the May elections.</p><p>Gabriela first nominee Sarah Jane Elago received the certificate of proclamation from the Comelec and vowed to push for women’s and LGTBQ+ rights, just as she also promised to fight government corruption.  </p><p>Elago told reporters she would take her oath later today before a Quezon City judge, before heading to Batasang Pambansa for her oath with the House Speaker.</p><p>“We hope na to have our oath without delay. For Gabriela, any delay is unacceptable. Matagal ng handang handa ang Gabriela na file mga priority bills. Ready na kami kaya sana makapag assume tayo agad ng office,” she told reporters in a chance interview.</p><p>Comelec chair George Erwin Garcia over the weekend said Gabriela&#x27;s proclamation was meant to comply with the constitutional requirement that party-list representatives should comprise 20 percent of the membership of the House of Representatives.</p><p>Garcia said that following their review, the 63 party-list seats proclaimed in Halalan 2025 only represented 19.8 percent of the House of Representatives.</p><p>He said Gabriela’s proclamation was a separate issue from the cancellation of Duterte Youth’s registration.</p><p>“Hindi connected, completely walang kinalaman ang pagproklama namin sa Gabriela party-list. Kung wala ang issue ng Duterte Youth at pagkatapos ay ipoproklama ang 64, ipo-proklama naman namin ang Gabriela,” he said.</p><p>“Walang kinalaman yung sa problema ng issue ng desisyon sa Duterte Youth,” he said.</p><div><iframe width="1100" height="619" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/K2TZU3cj7Ck" title="Comelec confirms Gabriela to get 64th party-list seat in House | DZMM TeleRadyo" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div>

<p>The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Wednesday proclaimed Gabriela as the winner of the 64th party-list seat in the May elections.</p>

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Wednesday proclaimed Gabriela as the winner of the 64th party-list seat in the May elections.