Asks camps of Marcos, Robredo to comment on results
(Eagle News)–The Supreme Court on Tuesday, Oct. 15, ordered the release of the results of the manual recount of votes covering three pilot provinces in connection with the electoral protest filed by former Senator Bongbong Marcos.
The SC made the announcement even as it failed to make a vote on a report made by Associate Justice Alfred Caguioa, the member-in-charge, on the recount as early as September.
The SC deferred taking votes on the same, citing the need to study the case.
The SC instead gave the camps of Vice President Leni Robredo and Marcos to comment on the results of the manual recount and required the parties to “submit memoranda on various issues relating to jurisdiction and other matters on the third cause of action” of the case or the annulment of election returns for Robredo in Lanao del Sur, Basilan and Maguindanao within 20 days upon receipt of the notice.
Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio and Caguioa dissented.
According to SC sources, Carpio and Caguioa had wanted the poll protest junked because Marcos had supposedly failed to gain “substantial recovery” of votes in the provinces covered by the recount.
Robredo was declared the winner of the vice presidential race in 2016, after she garnered over 200,000 votes more.
Marcos, however, has said there were irregularities. With a report from Moira Encina
