section_path: Aftermath/Reactions
section_name: Reactions
paragraph_text: Reactions
  
  On the day after the election, President Bongbong Marcos invited election winners, "I extend my hand. Let us move forward together." Later, on Alyansa's thanksgiving party, Marcos further stated "We all wish we had better results, but you know, we live to fight another day. But now it's time, I think, to put all the politics aside, it's time to put all of the issues that were raised during the election, and only talk about not political issues but developmental issues". Toby Tiangco, Alyansa's campaign manager, said "we consider the victory of most of our candidates a vote of confidence in the Bagong Pilipinas ".
  
  Vice President Sara Duterte expressed disappointment at the results, stating that “the outcome was not what we had hoped for.” Duterte encouraged the public to support their efforts in “building a powerful and principled opposition.” The result of the election is also expected to have an effect on her ongoing impeachment. Meanwhile, Senator and opposition leader Risa Hontiveros, who also served as KiBam's campaign manager, declared a strengthened opposition bloc in Congress with the electoral victory of the KiBam tandem and the concurrent success of allied party-list groups in the lower house. The win also marked a comeback for the Aquino family.
  
  Panfilo Lacson, after the initial results were known, blamed the failure of the administration's political machinery on why the Alyansa did not win more seats. Lacson remarked that the biggest beneficiaries of 'DuterTen' and 'Alyansa Minus Two' were Bam Aquino and Kiko Pangilinan". Ronald Llamas, a political analyst, said that the election was a vote against the administration, instead of a vote in favor of the Dutertes. Former House representative Barry Gutierrez blamed Tiangco for Alyansa's underperformance, saying that " Tiangco failed to deliver. And now, he's pointing fingers".
  
  Detained candidate Apollo Quiboloy, who at the time ranked 31st, called for a manual recount of votes due to "numerous reports of overvoting anomalies, inconsistencies in ballot readings, and other electoral irregularities." Seven of the DuterTen candidates (those who were losing) repeated Quiboloy's calls for a manual recount, saying they'd file a motion for a manual recount of votes, but would not push for the suspension of the proclamation of winners. COMELEC spokesperson Rex Laudiangco later remarked that the only way for a manual recount to be done is for Quiboloy to file an election protest. The COMELEC later stated that the law does not have provisions on manual recounting of votes save for random manual audits, although Garcia said that the law may need to be revisited. As they had also proclaimed the winners, he said the COMELEC no longer has jurisdiction, but to the Senate Electoral Tribunal.