Tag: macalintal

Palace commends Robredo camp for decision not to delay nat’l canvassing of votes for president, VP

  (Eagle News) – Malacanang commended Vice-President Leni Robredo’s camp for “expediting” the canvassing of votes for president on Tuesday, May 24, after her legal counsel stood up to express the stand that they would not interpose any objections nor delay the ongoing canvassing of votes. In a statement, the Palace said this pronouncement from Robredo’s camp was a “positive development.” “The decision of the camp of Vice President Ma. Leonor “Leni” Robredo to expedite […]

“This is the real count, let the healing begin” says NBOC as nat’l canvass of votes for president and VP start

Robredo counsel, Atty. Macalintal, interposes no objections; cites VP Leni’s statement of “need to accept the majority’s decision”   (Eagle News) – “This is the real count, the official canvassing body for the President and Vice-President of the Philippines.” With this, the Philippine Congress in joint session, convening as the National Board of Canvassers (NBOC), officially started the canvass of votes for president and vice-president in the May 9, 2022 elections. Zubiri, who chairs the […]

Marcos camp hits Macalintal for allegedly urging former senator to drop poll protest vs Robredo

(Eagle News)–The camp of Bongbong Marcos has slammed Romulo Macalintal, counsel of Vice President Leni Robredo for supposedly urging the former senator to drop the electoral protest against her. “Talk about freeloading. Inferring from his statement, the counsel of Mrs. Robredo has grown lazy. It has become apparent that he wants us to do his job for him,” Vic Rodriguez, Marcos’ spokesperson, said. According to Rodriguez, the “dismissal of a pending action should be based […]