SEVERAL races in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections resulted in a tie between two candidates, prompting election officials to resort to the the old-school, tried-and-tested method of resolving the dispute: a coin toss.
In the tie between two candidates for Sangguniang Kabataan kagawad in Barangay Caloocan, Koronadal, the coin toss was compared to the Miss Universe pageant.
The two candidates, Kristille Endaya and Ivan Centenales, laughed and held hands as they awaited their fate to be decided by the flip of a coin.
Jeanie Roe Alfonga shared a video of the moment on Facebook and said that it was more thrilling than the announcement of the Miss Universe results.
“Sobra pa sa Miss universe,” Alfonga posted.
In the end, Centenales won the coin toss.
In a barangay in Lal-lo Cagayan, a coin toss was also held to settle the tie between barangay kagawad candidates Ederlina Alicuben and Jane Cuaresma.
Alicuben won.
It was the same case in San Marcelino, Zambales.
Sangguniang Kabataa chair candidates Jenelyn Dalit and Jemima Gongora received the same number of votes, so election officials tossed a coin.
Dalit, who is the incumbent SK chair, won the toss.
Gongora said she accepts the result.
Another race settled via coin toss was the election for Barangay San Sebastian captain in Lipa.
Boyet Leynes won over Rein Rocafort.
The Omnibus Election Code provides that in case candidates get the same number of votes, the board of canvassers shall proceed to the drawing of lots of the candidates and shall proclaim as elected the candidates who may be favored by luck.
But the Comelec also allows a coin toss to settle the tie. Abogado.ph
