(11 May 2025)
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Manila, Philippines – 12 May 2025
1. Exterior of polling station
2. Crowd gathering around notice board
3. People looking at information in corridor
4. Man casting ballot as others fill in voting papers
5. People filling in voting papers
6. Election officials looking through papers
STORYLINE:
People began voting in midterm elections in the Philippines Monday morning, with detained former president Rodrigo Duterte among the candidates vying for some 18,000 national and local seats.
Over 68 million Filipinos have registered to vote Monday for half of the 24-member Senate, all the 317 seats in the House of Representatives and various positions in provinces, cities and municipalities.
The spotlight is on the race for the Senate that could determine the political future of Duterte’s daughter, Vice President Sara Duterte.
Some analysts say the polls will decide if he and his family continue to hold political power.
Duterte has been in custody of the International Criminal Court in The Hague since March, awaiting trial for crimes against humanity over a brutal war on illegal drugs that has left thousands of suspects dead during his presidency 2016-2022.
It hasn’t stopped him from running for mayor of his southern Davao city stronghold.
Under Philippine law, candidates facing criminal charges, including those in detention, can run for office unless they have been convicted and have exhausted all appeals.
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