Tag: Cynthia Patag

Claiming to represent over 5,000 Ilonggos, actress Cynthia Patag urges PET to apply 25 percent ballot shading threshold in recount

By Moira Encina Eagle News Service Claiming to represent over 5,000 Ilonggos, Actress Cynthia Patag has asked the Supreme Court, sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal, to apply the 25 percent ballot shading threshold in the ongoing manual recount of votes cast in the vice presidential elections in 2016. In supporting Vice President Leni Robredo’s stance, Patag, in a letter also supposedly signed by 5,500 Ilonggos,  said the PET could be violating its mandate if […]