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Latest from Trillanes camp at 1 p.m., June 4, 2007:

With the Comelec total count as of June 1 as basis and with the available data we already have for Basilan, Lanao Sur and Norte, Sultan Kudarat, Surigao Norte, Caloocan City and North Cotabato, ecluging only Maguindanao where we don’t have current data, Trillanes is safe at no. 11 with 11,056,608 votes.

He is over Pimentel , number 12, by 232, 794, Zubiri, number 13 by 360,234 and Recto, no, 14 by 646,152.

Even if Trillanes gets zero in Maguindanao which has 337,108 registered voters he is still no. 11 or worse no, 12.

We are confident that even with O vote in Maguindanao, we still lead Zubiri by 300,000 votes.

Hope springs eternal for Goria Arroyo’s Team Unity Miguel Zubiri and Ralph Recto.

Which makes one wonder, are they up to something? Will they be doing more COC buying? Would Recto summon the turtles who voted for him in 2001 to crawl and be counted again? Or is it just the operators’ (Gabby Claudio, Relli German, Ben Evardone, Tonypet Albano) hollow cry to justify the million, possibly billions, that they spent. Or supposedly spent.

Inquirer’s report: Facing defeat in the senatorial race, the administration’s Team Unity (TU) is pinning its hopes on less than two million votes from six provinces in Mindanao that have yet to be canvassed to push Miguel Zubiri and Ralph Recto into the Magic 12.

The Concerned Citizens Group and Kontra-Daya are not putting their guard down. Not until the 12 ,whom the people truly voted for the Senate, have been proclaimed.

Yesterday, they held a mass outside the PICC, where the national canvassing is being held.

Last Wednesday, they held a rally outside the PICC. There was a scuffle at the start of the rally when the police hosed down the rallyists.

Here are some photos:

Mass for the Nation

Hosed down but unbowed and raring

Photo captions:

Gloria Arroyo’s Team Unity had always boasted that Mindanao is their bailiwick but recanvassed South Cotabato votes showed people went for Genuine Opposition senatorial bets. Here’s Malaya’s story by Gerard Naval:

Related story from the Inquirer: Cayetano dislodges Arroyo in 8th place

The allegations of re-elected Gov. Daisy Avance-Fuentes that votes of several senatorial candidates were either padded or shaved in South Cotabato were confirmed yesterday.

After a recanvassing of the province’s votes, which was ordered by the National Board of Canvassers (NBC), 141,674 votes were credited to Team Unity’s Juan Miguel Zubiri, or 77,000 votes more than the 218,674 he got in the original certificate of canvass (COC) submitted by the South Cotabato board of canvassers. Zubiri remained No. 13 in the Comelec count after the new COC was admitted by the NBC.

Last Tuesday, the Concerned Citizens Group and Kontra Daya held an innovative silent protest while watching the canvassing of the senatorial votes at the PICC. They wanted to convey the message to Comelec Chairman Benjamin Abalos and his fellow commissioners that the citizenry would not allow another thwarting of their will.