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Congress proclaiming president, vice president

May 30, 2016 | 5:11pm
Location: BATASAN COMPLEX, QUEZON CITY
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Congress proclaiming president, vice president
May 30, 2016

Leni Robredo is joined by her three daughters as she is proclaimed the incoming vice president of the Philippines.

May 30, 2016

Congress proclaims Rodrigo Duterte and Leni Robredo as president-elect and vice president-elect of the Philippines. It takes some time for Robredo to reach the rostrum inside the Plenary Hall of the House of Representatives she greets colleagues on her way there.

At the rostrum are Senate President Franklin Drilon and House Speaker Sonny Belmonte.

May 30, 2016

The start of the joint session of Congress to proclaim the winning president and vice president is a bit delayed. Here is a clip from inside the House of Representatives' Plenary Hall where the proclamation ceremony will be held.

May 30, 2016

Supporters of incoming Vice President Leni Robredo arrive in an owner-type jeep at the Batasan complex for the proclamation ceremony.

Robredo, meanwhile, has just finished attending Holy Mass at the nearby Saint Peter's Church along Commonwealth Avenue.

The Plenary Hall at the House of Representatives has been set up for today's special Congress joint session to proclaim the winners of the May ballot.

LIVE COVERAGE: Proclamation of president, vice president

Incoming Vice President Leni Robredo is expected to appear at the proclamation ceremony, while the country's incoming leader, Rodrigo Duterte, remains in Davao City to attend to the completion of his Cabinet.

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