Former senator Kiko Pangilinan, who will more than likely secure a spot in the Senate’s Magic 12, said it was a “miracle” that he received as much votes since he was well-outside the winning circle in pre-election surveys. (Video courtesy of Team Kiko Pangilinan)
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00:00Sir, number five so far. How do you feel? It was a huge jump. And where do you credit it?
00:09Well, yeah. I'm very happy and thankful to our families.
00:17Of course, it's not official yet, but we didn't expect such a kind of results because based on all of the surveys, we're still not in the top 12.
00:37And therefore, we were surprised. But at the back of our minds, there is one path to victory.
00:47And it all depended on the last big push. Yung huling big push, which we did actually nung huling seven days.
00:59And sabi ko nga, kailangan namin ng milagro para manalo. At mukhang yun ang nangyari.
01:06Okay. In the last minute, people, maraming undecided who said, sige, bigyan natin ng chance.
01:15At yun, yung sunod-sunod na endorsements, yung ating interview sa radio, yung ating pag-ikot, yung ating huling caravan.
01:30Yung bisita namin ni Sharon sa Barm, sa Mindanao.
01:38And then, yung message natin na kailangang bigyan ng pagkakataon.
01:48Yung mga naniniwala pa na may pag-asa ng Pilipinas,
01:52hiniling natin ang kanilang tulong at ang kanilang suporta.
01:59Hi, Sir. Reston po from Newswatch.
02:02Sir, paano nyo inalaman yung results?
02:06Paano nakarating sa inyo?
02:07Kasi iba ayaw pa siguro tignan yung mga resulta po nung nag-start pumasok yung butohan.
02:13Kayo, Sir, paano nakarating sa inyo na,
02:15oh, pumapasok tayo sa winning circle and then eventually na sa top five?
02:19Pwede pong pakwento lang ng konti.
02:24Well, actually, yung team namin,
02:27merong kaming thread, telegram thread.
02:32At doon ko nakita yung unang feed na sa top five na nga.
02:41So, akala ko fake news.
02:44So, dami kasi ng fake news na tinatanggap ko araw-araw ng kampanya.
02:49Sabi ko, totoo ba to?
02:51Baka disinformation to.
02:54But, totoo pala.
02:57After all, ako ata ang sumakumulaw din ng disinformation itong kampanyang ito.
03:03Kaya talagang nakita natin, apektado tayo doon sa mga surveys.
03:08So, nung lungabas, I initially thought, well, I couldn't believe it.
03:15Di ba?
03:15Hindi ako makapaniwala.
03:17And kinonfirm nga nung nakita natin.
03:21After a few minutes,
03:22denoble check, triple check.
03:24And ano pala?
03:27Legitimate pala yung social media card na nagsasabing number five.
03:33Thank you, sir.
03:44Can we ask your question?
03:47Yeah, thank you.
03:47I think, if I may just add, I think there's one, how do you call it?
03:53I guess, one hopeful outcome of so far, how the results are turning out.
04:04Na yung mga nagkalat ng fake news laban sa atin ay ang taong bayan na mismo ang nakita at hindi naniwala.
04:17Meron sigurong naniwala pa rin but by and large, kung talagang effective yung fake news nila, hindi tayo dapat nasa top five.
04:27So, I guess that's a message doon sa mga nagkakalat ng paninira at gumagastos para dito.
04:37Sabi nga, you can't fool the people all the time.
04:42And I guess this is one, isang malaking halimbawa na kahit na tayo ay kaliwat kanan, iba-ibang kampo, sunod-sunod ng batikos, ang paninira, ang pangungutya, ang pag-iinsulto.
04:54Palagay ko, sabi nga ng mga kababayan natin, naniwala na maraming paninira at doon na naniwala sa kototohanan.
05:05Hi, Sam Kiko. This is Mark from Philippines, sir.
05:08Have you talked with former Vice President Robredo?
05:11Has she extended any congratulatory message to you about this outcome?
05:15Yes, she sent me a message and she's very happy with the results because so far, ang lumalabas, panalo si Bam, panalo ako.
05:28And then, I think si Akbayan also is, so that's Chell Jokno and two others, I think.
05:39And Laila de Lima. And of course, she won in Nagas.
05:42So yeah, for our coalition of Angat Buhay Lahat coalition, wala pang pangalan.
05:53At least, yung 2022 campaign, it's also a big win for us.