With a bit over a million votes, Miriam Defensor Santiago is on the fifth spot in the 2016 presidential race, but she isn’t in last place.

Roy Señeres is lagging behind her with about 23,000 votes. Not a bad achievement, considering he earned those without even campaigning.

Señeres is a presidential candidate whose name was included in the official ballot. He withdrew his candidacy in February due to poor health, and he passed away three days later. Since the offical ballot had been already been printed then, the Comission on Elections couldn’t remove his name anymore.

From Partido ng Manggagawa at Magsasaka, Seneres was a public servant with a passion for helping OFW families. During the Ramos administration, he was the ambassador to the United Arab Emirates. He handled the controversial Sarah Balabagan case.

Some Filipinos were surprised to see a sixth name on the list of candidates.

Has anyone noticed Roy Seneres? — Monster (@itsmonpi) April 26, 2016

I didn’t know there’s this SENERES ROY for presidential position

WHAT!!!! — Aryann Belen (@ArySaparker) April 24, 2016

But, really, it’s more surprising how he received thousands of votes without even trying.

Anyone else wondering why Presidential candidate Roy Seneres still got votes when he is already dead? Hmmm… #Election2016 — ilda (@ilda_talk) May 9, 2016

Pagpupugay sa 23,725 na bumoto kay Roy Señeres. Ibang klase ang inyong pananampalataya. — Lourd de Veyra (@lourddv) May 10, 2016

Long live ROY SENERES with 16,000+ votes! @doc4dead The Dead vote and they even get votes! https://t.co/oNB3cBBK7u — Dean Bocobo (@SagadaSun) May 9, 2016

Loyalty? Ignorance? Having fun with their ballots? Not happy with the other candidates? You decide.

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