SOCE facts: Candidates for prez,
vice prez, senator in May 2016

THE CANDIDATES for president, vice president, and senator, and their political parties who ran in the May 2016 elections received sums of donations but also incurred sums of expenses.

BY PHILIPPINE CENTER FOR INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM (PCIJ)

THE CANDIDATES for president, vice president, and senator, and their political parties who ran in the May 2016 elections received sums of donations but also incurred sums of expenses.

Based on the information enrolled in the Statement of Contributions and Expenditures (SOCE) that they submitted to the Campaign Finance Office of the Commission on Elections, PCIJ has organized the following summary data tables for all the candidates.

THE CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENT:

THE CANDIDATES FOR VICE PRESIDENT:

THE POLITICAL PARTIES:

THE CANDIDATES FOR SENATOR:

— PCIJ

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