After canvassing the votes from the May 10 polls for nearly three weeks, the Philippine Congress on Wednesday finally proclaimed Senator Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III as the country's next president and Makati City Mayor Jejomar Binay as the vice president.
No one from the Senate and the House of Representatives objected when Congress leaders moved to approve the results of the joint congressional committee's canvass of votes showing Aquino and Binay as the winners in the automated elections.
"Mr. President, Mr. Speaker, the Joint Committee hereby recommends that Congress as the national board of canvassers approve the Report of the Joint Committee and the Resolution of Both Houses No. 1 declaring the results of the national elections held on May 10, 2010 for the Office of President and Vice President proclaiming Benigno Simeon Cojuangco Aquino III and Jejomar Cabauatan Binay as the duly elected president and vice president of the Republic of the Philippines, respectively," Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri said in his sponsorship speech of the joint committee report.
House Majority Leader Arthur Defensor Sr. also moved for the proclamation of Aquino and Binay as the country's top two leaders, saying the results showed that they were the "clear choice" of Filipinos.
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