Tag: manual recount

PET: Robredo lead over Marcos increased by 15,000 votes following recount of votes in Iloilo, 2 other areas

(Eagle News)–Vice President Leni Robredo increased her lead in the three pilot provinces of Negros Oriental, Camarines Sur and Iloilo after a revision and appreciation of the 2016 votes for the vice presidential race there, the Presidential Electoral Tribunal said. According to the PET, Robredo obtained 14,436,337 votes, while Marcos got 14,157,771. “After the revision and appreciation, the lead of protestee Robredo increased from 263,473 to 278,566,” the PET said. The PET, however, required both […]

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Palace says it respects PET decision on ballot-shading threshold issue, use of decrypted ballot images

(Eagle News)–The Palace on Wednesday, Sept. 26, said it respects the decision of the Presidential Electoral Tribunal on the ballot-shading threshold row between former Senator Bongbong Marcos and Vice President Leni Robredo. ” We will implement the decision of the PET that is why we let the PET do its job,” Roque said in a television interview. In a resolution, the PET rejected the 50 percent ballot-shading threshold pushed for by Marcos. Marcos’ camp has […]

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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 […]

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Imee Marcos to PET head revisors following Pansol incident: “Resign”

(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 […]

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PET denies Marcos’ plea for tribunal inquiry into Pansol party

(Eagle News)–The Presidential Electoral Tribunal on Friday, July 13, junked former Senator Bongbong Marcos camp’s petition for the tribunal to investigate the outing of PET personnel and at least one revisor from the camp of Vice President Leni Robredo. “(The tribunal resolved to) deny the motion to investigate as the tribunal has already commenced and concluded its investigation relative to the subject ‘Pansol outing,’” a July 10 resolution said. In the same resolution, the PET […]

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Robredo lawyer says Marcos camp knew of questioned outing in Laguna

(Eagle News) — The lawyer of Vice President Leni Robredo on Wednesday, July 11, said the camp of former Senator Bongbong Marcos knew of the outing of revisors and Presidential Electoral Tribunal personnel in Laguna on June 22. In a counter-manifestation to Marcos’ plea the PET investigate the pool party attended by its personnel in charge of the recount and at least one revisor from the Robredo camp, Romulo Macalintal said proof the Marcos camp […]

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OSG asks PET to uphold decision junking Robredo’s bid for use of 25% ballot shading threshold in recount

By Moira Encina Eagle News Service The Office of the Solicitor General has asked the Supreme Court, sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal, to  uphold its earlier decision junking Vice President Leni Robredo’s bid for the use of a 25-percent ballot threshold in the ongoing manual recount. In asking the PET to uphold its April 10 decision, the OSG, acting as the people’s tribunal, noted that it was the PET that was the “sole authority […]

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Duterte on VP recount: “Ano ang latest?”

(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, May 29, asked about the status of the vice presidential recount prompted by the electoral protest filed by former Senator Bongbong Marcos  against Vice President Leni Robredo. “Ano ba ang latest count nitong kay Bongbong (Marcos) at ni ano (Robredo)..Vice-President ba talaga ‘yan?” President Duterte said. Duterte made the comment following  reports saying she has shed 21,000 votes in the initial recount of three provinces, an allegation she has […]

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Marcos asks PET to junk Robredo’s appeal on ballot shading threshold

  (Eagle News) –The camp of former Senator Bongbong Marcos on Monday, May 28, asked the Supreme Court sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal to deny Vice President Leni Robredo’s request to for the manual vote recount to follow a 25 percent ballot shading threshold. In a two-page comment to Robredo’s petition, Marcos said it was “incumbent” upon the PET to “obey and abide by its own rules of procedure which mandate the application of […]

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Marcos’ camp slams Robredo for “fake news” tag on reports she had decreasing lead over him in manual recount

(Eagle News)—-The camp of former Senator Bongbong Marcos slammed Vice President Leni Robredo for calling media reports about her allegedly reduced lead in the ongoing manual recount “fake news.” “Not satisfied in casting aspersions meant to undermine the integrity of the Tribunal and of the ongoing manual recount, Robredo is at it again, this time attacking and discrediting members of the press and dragging Senator Marcos in her desperate attempt to dilute all negative news […]

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PET orders Marcos, Comelec to answer Robredo appeal for 25 percent vote shading threshold

(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court, sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal, has ordered former Senator Bongbong Marcos and the Commission on Elections to respond to Vice President Leni Robredo’s appeal for a 25 percent threshold in the shading of ballots to be implemented in the manual recount. In a resolution issued on Tuesday, April 23, the PET gave Marcos and the Comelec ten days from notice to submit their comments. In her April 18 […]

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Shaded votes for Leni found in unused, excess ballots in Baao, Camarines Sur

QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — On the third day of the manual recount of votes on the poll protest of former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos against Vice President Ma. Leonor “Leni” Robredo, revisors of the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET) found several unused or excess ballots that were “pre-shaded” in favor of the Vice President. The allegedly pre-shaded ballots came from the town of Baao in Camarines Sur, Robredo’s home province. The manual recount and […]

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