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(Eagle News) — The lawyer of Vice President Leni Robredo on Wednesday, June 27, said they had to “speak out” against the “lies propagated by the Marcos camp.” Romulo Macalintal made the statement after the Supreme Court, sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal, fined Robredo’s lawyers and parties P50,000 each for their release of sensitive information on the ongoing manual recount in violation of the sub judice rule. The recount stems from the vice presidential […]
(Eagle News) — Several students have asked the Supreme Court, sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal, to implement the 25-percent ballot shading threshold in the ongoing vice presidential election recount. The students who reportedly came from Bicol are pushing for the same ballot threshold their supposed province-mate Vice President Leni Robredo is calling for. Robredo’s request, however, has been denied by the PET through a decision penned by Associate Justice Alfredo Caguioa. She has filed […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service The camp of Vice President Leni Robredo has appealed the Presidential Electoral Tribunal’s decision to use the 50 percent threshold in the manual recount of 2016 vice presidential votes in connection with former Senator Bongbong Marcos’ electoral protest. Robredo said in her April 18 urgent motion for reconsideration that the PET’s resolution dated April 10 “should be reversed and set aside” as the tribunal was “aware” of the 25 percent […]
Denies Robredo’s request for application of 25% threshold in shading of ballots (Eagle News) — The Presidential Electoral Tribunal has ordered the camps of Vice President Leni Robredo and former Senator Bongbong Marcos to explain why they should not be cited in contempt for their alleged violation of the sub judice rule. In its five-page resolution, the PET said the continued disclosure of “sensitive information” about the revision process in connection with Marcos’ electoral protest […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service Former Senator Bongbong Marcos said ballots from four clustered precincts of Bato, Camarines Sur were “wet,” which meant someone could have opened the boxes recently. “Basa. So hindi magamit. Hindi namin maintindihan papano, imposible naman siguro na dalawang taong basa yan…Palagay ko, kailangan talaga pag aralan kung paano nangyari yan,” Marcos said after visiting the site where the initial recount of ballots from three pilot provinces— Camarines Sur, Iloilo […]
(Eagle News)– Vice President Leni Robredo’s camp on Sunday expressed confidence the results of the manual recount that is slated to start on Monday will only affirm that she was the winner in the 2016 vice presidential elections. “Kumpiyansa kami at walang dapat ikatakot sa magiging resulta ng recount dahil walang dudang si (Robredo) naman talaga ang nanalo noong 2016 elections,” lawyer Romulo Macalintal said in a statement. He said the recount would also prove […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service The Supreme Court, sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal, will start the manual recount of ballots from the three pilot provinces covered by the electoral protest filed by former Senator Bongbong Marcos against Vice President Leni Robredo on Monday, April 2. The PET made this announcement as they gave the media a tour on Tuesday of the SC Court of Appeals gymnasium, where the recount of 5418 ballots from […]
Recount to be done on April 2 instead of on March 19, Marcos’ spokesperson says (Eagle News) — The Supreme Court, sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal, has deferred the start of the manual recount of votes in three pilot provinces in connection with an electoral protest filed by former Senator Bongbong Marcos. Atty. Victor Rodriguez, Marcos’ spokesperson, said the start of the recount in Camarines Sur, Iloilo and Negros Oriental was moved to April […]
(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court, sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal, has issued a gag order for Senator Bongbong Marcos, Vice President Leni Robredo and their lawyers to prevent them from discussing the merits of the vice presidential electoral protest. The order dated Feb. 13 was issued after the two camps repeatedly engaged in a word war in the media. Their most recent exchange involved what Marcos said were the “mysterious” squares on ballot […]
Says Comelec never informed any candidate of presence of such (Eagle News) — The camp of former Senator Bongbong Marcos slammed the camp of Vice President Leni Robredo for its claims the “mysterious” squares on their ballot images were a new “feature,” saying the Commission on Elections never informed any candidate of the presence of such. “I dare him now to produce any briefing made by the Comelec on the presence of the squares because […]
(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court, sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal, has set March 19 as the start of the ballot recount in the electoral protest case of former senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr., against Vice-President Leni Robredo, moving the recount date for over a month allegedly because of the need for psychological tests for the revisors of the recount. This came about as Robredo’s camp filed a motion to consider as “withdrawn” any pending […]
(Eagle News) — The camp of Vice President Leni Robredo was not sincere in its offer to sign a joint motion that will result in the withdrawal of all their motions before the Presidential Electoral Tribunal. Former Senator Bongbong Marcos made the comment after Robredo’s lawyers filed their motion to withdraw before the Supreme Court sitting as the PET on Thursday. He was camped out in front of the SC to ask for the recount in […]
