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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 […]
(Eagle News) — The camp of Vice President Leni Robredo has asked the Presidential Electoral Tribunal to follow the threshold set by the Commission on Elections for the shading of ballots, instead of the one set by the tribunal. In an ex-parte motion, Robredo, through her lawyers, said the 25 percent threshold of the Comelec should be followed because a 50 percent threshold set by the PET in 2010 “has resulted to and will result […]
By Moira Encina Eagle News Service (Eagle News) – Just a day after the official start of the manual recount of votes for vice-president, four of the head revisors supervising the counting decided to withdraw. There was no reason why the four head supervisors of the Presidential Electoral Tribunal begged off on Tuesday, April 3, from the work of the manual recount, but there were four alternates who would take their place, so the recount […]
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 […]
(Eagle News) – To speed up the revision proceedings on his electoral protest case, former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., signed a joint manifestation withdrawing motions that could “unduly delay or hamper revision proceedings” in the case that questioned his rival, Vice-President Leni Robredo’s victory. “I’ve done everything possible to speed up this election protest. At this point, the only thing left is for Mrs. Robredo to sign the document. We are waiting,” he […]
(Eagle News) — Liberal Party senators on Thursday hit back at former Senator Bongbong Marcos after he accused the Presidential Electoral Tribunal hearing his electoral protest of bias against him. “Hindi maganda na kwestyunin mo ang kredibilidad ng PET kung hindi pabor sa iyo ang mga desisyon,” LP president Francis Pangilinan said in a statement. Senator Bam Aquino noted that Vice President Leni Robredo, the LP chair and against whom Marcos filed his protest, did […]
“It was too presumptuous of him” to make the claim, Robredo’s lead counsel says (Eagle News)– The camp of Vice President Leni Robredo on Wednesday slammed former Senator Bongbong Marcos for saying he won the vice presidency, noting that it was “too presumptuous” of him to make the statement. “Or he is just dreaming. If he won as vice president, why is it that it was Robredo who was proclaimed by Congress as winner?” Romulo Macalintal […]
