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(Eagle News)–The Supreme Court, sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal, has deferred making a decision on the electoral protest filed by former Senator Bongbong Marcos against Vice President Leni Robredo. SC spokesperson Brian Keith Hosaka said on Tuesday, Oct. 1, that the PET “deferred action” on the report of SC Associate Justice Alfred Caguioa, the magistrate in charge of the case, on the recount of ballots cast in the 2016 elections from the chosen pilot […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, Sept. 10, said he would abide by the Supreme Court ruling in the electoral protest filed by former Senator Bongbong Marcos against Vice President Leni Robredo. “We will just follow the law. If the (Presidential) Electoral Tribunal says Robredo is the rightful occupant, then we will just have to follow the final order of the Supreme Court,” he said. The President issued the remark after the SC, sitting as […]
(Eagle News)–The Presidential Electoral Tribunal has concluded its recount and revision of ballots in connection with former Senator Bongbong Marcos’ electoral protest against Vice President Leni Robredo. The PET said case member-in-charge Justice Alfredo Caguioa submitted on Monday, Sept. 9, his report on the recount covering the three test provinces of Iloilo, Negros Oriental and Camarines Sur, or 5415 precincts. The tribunal has, however, yet to act on the report. “The tribunal would like to […]
(Eagle News)–Former Senator Bongbong Marcos has asked the Presidential Electoral Tribunal to immediately set his electoral protest against Vice President Leni Robredo for preliminary conference. In filing the extremely urgent motion, Marcos’ camp noted that the PET already completed revision proceedings for the pilot provinces of Camarines Sur, Iloilo and Negros Oriental on Feb. 8. With the termination of the proceedings, Marcos’ camp said the revision reports on the same have also been submitted. “It […]
(Eagle News)–The camp of Vice President Leni Robredo on Thursday, July 19, expressed “extreme disappointment” over the Presidential Electoral Tribunal’s denial of their bid for the electoral protest against her to be resolved immediately. In a statement, Robredo’s lawyer Bernadette Sardillo said they however “fully respect” the PET resolution that called the motion “premature,” and expressed confidence the Supreme Court would rule Robredo rightfully won the vice presidential elections in 2016. “We anchored our motion […]
Based on initial results, there were no irregularities in 2016 elections, tribunal rules (Eagle News) — The Senate Electoral Tribunal has dismissed the electoral protest filed by Francis Tolentino against Senator Leila de Lima, following his motion to withdraw the same in light of his campaign for the May 2019 elections, where he is running for senator. In a resolution dated Feb. 21, and which was released on April 4, the SET also granted De […]
(Eagle News) — Former Metropolitan Manila Development Authority Chair and former presidential adviser on political affairs Francis Tolentino has withdrawn his electoral protest against Senator Leila de Lima. Tolentino, who landed 13th in the 2016 senatorial elections, filed his motion to withdraw before the Senate Electoral Tribunal on Jan. 19, after the SET denied his motion to suspend proceedings or to archive the protest, citing the impending campaign for the May elections. Tolentino is running […]
(Eagle News) — Vice President Leni Robredo has asked the Supreme Court, sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal, to junk former Senator Bongbong Marcos’ plea he be allowed to conduct a technical examination of voting records in three other areas. In opposing Marcos’ request to secure alleged evidence of electoral fraud in Lanao del Sur, Maguindanao and Basilan, Robredo, through her lawyers, noted the three provinces were not included in the scope of the electoral […]
(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court, sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal, has junked former Senator Bongbong Marcos’ request for Associate Justice Alfredo Caguioa to inhibit from the electoral protest he filed against Vice President Leni Robredo. According to the PET, Caguioa, despite what Marcos said were his ties with former President Benigno Aquino III, his classmate, “has been nothing but impartial.” It was Aquino, a party-mate of Robredo, who appointed Caguioa to the SC. “Parenthetically, […]
(Eagle News) — Former Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., has already paid the P50,000 fine for violating the supposed gag order imposed by the Presidential Electoral Tribunal regarding public statements on his electoral protest case against Vice-President Leni Robredo. In a compliance document he submitted, Marcos said he had already complied with the PET order dated June 26 for him to pay the P50,000 fine for not following the gag order issued by the tribunal. […]
(Eagle News) – Former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr asked Supreme Court justice Alfredo Caguioa to immediately inhibit himself from his electoral protest case citing his “undeniably close ties” with former President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino Jr., and Vice-President Leni Robredo whose victory he is contesting. In a 13-page extremely urgent motion to inhibit, Marcos said he “recently discovered” that Caguioa’s wife, Pier Angela Caguioa, was “not only an anti-Marcos advocate but was also an […]
(Eagle News)–Head revisors of the Presidential Electoral Tribunal have been asked to resign following their controversial June 22 outing with at least one revisor from the camp of Vice President Leni Robredo. In a statement, Ilocos Norte Gov. Imee Marcos, sister of former Senator Bongbong Marcos whose electoral protest against Robredo was the reason behind the PET’s ongoing manual recount, said the tribunal personnel should step down for fraternizing with the other camp. “…What they […]
