KIKO ON COMELEC'S PROCLAMATION...

"We are heartened by the overwhelming trust of our people who recognize the value of our independence and the trustworthiness of our track record. We are deeply humbled, and we thank them for giving us again the opportunity to be of service to our nation."

"When we launched an independent campaign in February, we put our fate in the hands of our people. We believed that there is another way of doing politics in this country, and we offered our candidacy as an alternative to politics-as-usual. With 14 million of our people voting for us, I think it is safe to say that our people recognize this too, and they likewise see the need to bring back principle, convictions and civility in Philippine politics and governance."

"We are not beholden to anyone but our public; and we will serve them to the best of our abilities everyday in the next six years of our term as senator. The toughest decision to run independent also proved to be the best one, as we were able to show that one need not set aside his principles and convictions in order to win."