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(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 […]
(Eagle News)–Vice President Leni Robredo will retain her post regardless of the decision of the Presidential Electoral Tribunal on the recount of ballots covering three pilot provinces. This is according to Romulo Macalintal, her lawyer, who issued a statement days after the PET said it had deferred acting on Justice Alfredo Caguioa’s September report on the recount of the votes in Negros Oriental, Camarines Sur and Iloilo, prompted by an electoral protest filed by former […]
(Eagle News) — The lawyer of Vice President Leni Robredo is running for a Senate seat in 2019. In a statement, Atty. Romulo Macalintal said he decided to run upon the prodding of senior citizens and persons with disabilities. “Maraming pangangailangan ang ating mga kapatid na senior citizen at persons with disabilities. Mula sa kanilang kalusugan, kabuhayan, pati na rin kapakanan. Sila ay dumaraing ngunit hindi nila maipaglaban ang kanilang karapatan.Marami sa kanila ang nais […]
Then Duterte resignation will “never happen,” VP lawyer counters (Eagle News) — If former Senator Bongbong Marcos wins his electoral protest against Vice President Leni Robredo, President Rodrigo Duterte might step down, the Palace said on Thursday, Aug. 16. According to Roque, Duterte “has said that he thinks Senator Bongbong is one of the better qualified leader(s) to succeed him..” Duterte, who said he was “tired” in a previous speech, also vouched for Senator Chiz Escudero, […]
(Eagle News) — The camp of Vice President Leni Robredo has asked the Supreme Court, sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal, to order the camp of former Senator Bongbong Marcos to reveal the names of those who supposedly knew about the use of plastic magnifying lens, a supposedly banned item, inside the manual recount venue. In an urgent ex-parte motion filed on Thursday, July 5, Robredo lawyer Romulo Macalintal said Vic Rodriguez, Marcos’ spokesperson, should reveal […]
(Eagle News) –The lawyer of Vice President Leni Robredo on Thursday slammed former Senator Bongbong Marcos’ spokesperson for his calls she resign following allegations some “unused ballots” had been pre-shaded in her favor in the 2016 elections. According to Macalintal, it should be Vic Rodriguez who should resign as spokesperson for “supplying the wrong information” to Marcos. He also called Rodriguez’s statement “a nonsense statement,” which he said “does not deserve to be dignified with any […]
