MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) – Hours after chief rival Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr "claimed" victory in the 2016 vice presidential election, Liberal Party candidate and count front-runner Leni Robredo's camp cited the ongoing vote count as proof that victory is theirs to claim.



Boyet Dy, Robredo's head of policy, made the announcement on Sunday, May 15. Robredo, her family, campaign team and supporters earlier gathered at the Church of the Gesu in the Ateneo de Manila University campus in Quezon City for a multisectoral thanksgiving mass.



"Sa huli, si Leni ang mananalo (In the end, Leni will win)," said Dy, who once served as aide to the late interior secretary Jesse Robredo, the outgoing Camarines Sur representative's husband.