INC-backed Marcoleta ranks 6th in Vatican; Quiboloy draws 23 votes
MANILA, Philippines — In the heart of the Roman Catholic Church, Filipino voters ranked Rodante Marcoleta sixth.
Marcoleta, one of the candidates backed by Iglesia ni Cristo (INC), garnered 56 votes in Vatican City, just behind Sen. Bato Dela Rosa, who received 60 votes.
As of 4:18 p.m., 100% of the election returns of the partial and unofficial results have been transmitted. The Vatican City has one polling precinct with 169 Filipino voters.
Top senatorial aspirants in the Holy See also include another INC-endorsed candidate, Bam Aquino, who received 105 votes. He was followed by Kiko Pangilinan with 97 votes and Heidi Mendoza with 79.
Meanwhile, detained doomsday preacher Apollo Quiboloy, who styles himself as the “Appointed Son of God,” received 23 votes in the Holy See.
Quiboloy is currently detained in Pasig City jail due to alleged child and sexual abuse charges.
He also faces several warrants in the United States, along with other members of his church, the Kingdom of Jesus Christ.
As of 4:48 p.m., 97.29% of election returns had been transmitted.
Marcoleta and Quiboloy are both part of the “Duterten” ticket, backed by detained former president Rodrigo Duterte.
Nationwide, Marcoleta currently ranks 6th with 14,900,565 votes, while Quiboloy places 31st with 5,575,249 votes.
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