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Pimentel vs. Zubiri (SET Case No. 001-07) was the election protest of Aquilino Pimentel III after the proclamation of Juan Miguel Zubiri as senator after the 2007 Philippine Senate election. The Philippine Senate Electoral Tribunal (SET) on June 19, 2008 resolved to proceed with the election protest of Pimentel against Senator Zubiri: "Indeed, there is reasonable ground to believe that the final outcome of the case could affect the officially proclaimed results of the 12th senatorial position in the 2007 Senate election, hence, the election protest case deserves further proceedings by the tribunal." On August 3, 2011, Zubiri resigned his Senate seat weeks after former Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao governor Zaldy Ampatuan and Maguindanao provincial election supervisor revealed the alleged irregularities in the 2007 election at the province. On August 11, 2011, little more than a week after Zubiri's resignation, the SET proclaimed Pimentel as the 12th winning senator in the 2007 elections.〔(www.sunstar.com.ph, Pimentel proclaimed as senator )〕 The SET decision was based on the evidence presented by Pimentel in his protest showing many ballots were spurious. ==Background== (詳細はPhilippine electoral system under plurality-at-large voting, a voter can vote up to twelve candidates, with the twelve candidates with the highest number of votes nationwide are elected. The twelve elected senators join the twelve elected senators of 2004 election to sit in the 14th Congress of the Philippines from 2007 to 2010. The seats of the elected senators of 2007 would be next contested in the 2013 election. The 2007 Senate election was contested mainly by two coalitions: the pro-Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo TEAM Unity coalition and the anti-administration Genuine Opposition (GO) coalition. GO's Antonio Trillanes and Aquilino Pimentel III, and Juan Miguel Zubiri of TEAM Unity were contesting the last two Senate seats. Trillanes was eventually proclaimed as the 11th senator, leaving Pimentel and Zubiri contesting the 12th seat. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pimentel vs. Zubiri electoral protest」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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