Tag: Marcos’ electoral-protest

Palace welcomes vote recount on Marcos’ electoral protest

(Eagle News) — Malacañang on Monday, April 2, welcomed the start of the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET)’s vote recount for the electoral protest of former Sen. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., development to settle the issue. “Palace welcomes the recount para ma-settle na ‘yang long-festering dispute na ‘yan,” said Senior Deputy Executive Secretary Menardo Guevarra in a press briefing. “Other than that this is a judicial matter, this is before the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET) already […]

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Ballot recount on VP electoral protest moved to March 19; Marcos camp dismayed

(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 This came about as Robredo’s camp filed a motion to consider as “withdrawn” any pending […]

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VP Robredo camp has pending motion, no payment yet for counter-protest to PET

QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The camp of Vice President Leni Robredo said that they have no intent of ignoring the Presidential Electoral Tribunal’s order for them to pay Php 15 million so her counter-protest could move forward.   Atty. Romulo Macalintal, Robredo’s lawyer, said that their camp filed a manifestation last April 12, asking the PET for clarification on its order to pay the first tranche. “Should this motion be denied, protestee Robredo is willing to pay […]

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