The incoming batch of senators is expected to be complete by Monday, just a week after the May 10 elections, as the Commission on Elections continues its relatively fast canvass of voting results. The Comelec believes it will be able to proclaim the last three senators by Monday with only three million votes left to be canvassed, said its spokesman, James Jimenez. On Saturday, the Comelec proclaimed nine of 12 of the country's new senators – all but one are old faces returning to the upper house of Congress. The poll body's officials did not convene as the National Board on Canvassers on Sunday, but the Comelec's servers continued accepting results from the provincial board of canvassers. “Hopefully we can get enough numbers to proclaim senators-elect by Monday,” Jimenez told reporters. He also said the Comelec might not wait to complete the canvass of the three million remaining votes if the figures at hand would not affect the ranking of the last three Senators. “If the remaining figures would not be significant to the final count, then we will start proclaiming,” he said. Based on the Comelec's last count, former Senator Sergio Osme?a III, incumbent Senator Lito Lapid and incumbent Bukidnon Rep Teofisto Guingona III have a chance of making it to the Magic 12.
