QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) started the procedure of returning the vote counting machines (VCM) to Smartmatic, ignoring the request made by former Sen. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to preserve these for his protest case towards Vice President Leni Robredo. This came about as the Supreme Court, sitting as Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET), authorized the poll body to immediate start the procedure of returning the VCMs. “Authorize the Comelec […]