Camp of Pastor Apollo Quiboloy Releases Statement
APOLLO QUIBOLOY – The camp of the Pastor issued a statement expressing his request for a manual recount of the senatorial votes in 2025 Elections.
Both local and national elections were held in the 2025 Midterm Polls. Currently, the counting of votes for the senatorial race is ongoing with more than 97% of the election returns transmitted. Pastor Quiboloy is one of the candidates for senator in the 2025 Elections.
Pastor Apollo Quiboloy, the founder and leader of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ, is faced with several charges and is currently detained at the Philippine National Police (PNP) Custodial Center in Quezon City. It was in the first week of September last year when the Pastor was arrested by the authorities.
While there are those who support the senatorial bid of Pastor Quiboloy, there are also against it. A petition seeking for the disqualification of the Pastor was previously filed before the Commission on Elections. The COMELEC denied the petition to disqualify Quiboloy in the senatorial race.
On May 12, 2025 which was declared by President Bongbong Marcos as a special non-working day, millions of Filipinos cast their votes for the 2025 Midterm Elections. Based on a live update from ABS-CBN News, as of 08:09 a.m. today, the partial and unofficial results got him in the 31st spot. Here are the senatorial candidates who are currently occupying the Top 12:
- Go, Christopher ‘Bong”
- Aquino, Bam
- Dela Rosa, Ronald “Bato”
- Tulfo, Erwin
- Pangilinan, Kiko
- Marcoleta, Rodante
- Lacson, Ping
- Sotto, Tito
- Cayetano, Pia
- Villar, Camille
- Lapid, Lito
- Marcos, Imee
With 97% of the ERs having been transmitted, Pastor Apollo Quiboloy got 5,578,393 votes. Senator Imee Marcos who is in the 12th spot currently has 13,037,730 votes while Sen. Bong Go who tops the senatorial race got 26,488,398 votes in the Midterm Elections.
Recently, the camp of Pastor Apollo Quiboloy issued a statement over the partial and unofficial results of the 2025 Elections. Based on a report on ABS-CBN News, the camp expressed that the Pastor wants a manual recount of the votes while he expressed his gratitude to the Filipinos who voted for him.
“On behalf of Pastor Apollo C. Quiboloy, we extend our sincere gratitude to the millions of Filipinos who supported his senatorial bid. Your dedication and belief in his advocacy for truth, justice and accountability have been truly inspiring: This campaign was powered by ordinary citizens who stood for extraordinary change. However, given the widespread reports of discrepancies in election returns, inconsistent firmware versions, and overvoting issues, Pastor Apollo respectfully calls for a full manual recount of the senatorial votes,” Atty. Israelito Torreon stated in a statement.
Based on the report, the lawyer of Quiboloy maintained that the request for a manual recount is not a “rejection of the democratic process”. It is allegedly a call to strengthen it to make sure that the voice of the people is heard.
The Pastor is one of the #Duter10 candidates of former Pres. Rodrigo Roa Duterte who is currently detained in the Hague. Pastor Quiboloy vowed to fix the Philippines if he wins senator.