The Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) on Friday revealed that 90 of the 2,368 donors from both senators and political parties in the May 2013 elections had contributed over P795 million, or 47.1 percent of the total P1.7-billion spent in the election.

Ed Lingao, PCIJ multimedia director presenting the report, said that only 17.8 percent of the donors gave between P1 million and P5 million—that added up to P671 million, or 39.7 percent of the total donations.

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