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By VIRGIL LOPEZ, GMA News
Published May 11, 2021 12:12pm Former Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has asked the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET) to reverse its decision junking his election protest against Vice President Leni Robredo. Marcos appealed the decision on Monday even if the PET which is composed of all justices of the Supreme Court has already voted unanimously to uphold Robredo’s victory in the 2016 election due to the former senator’s failure to make a substantial recovery of votes and present proof of irregularities. In his motion for reconsideration, the former senator insisted his third cause of action the annulment of 2016 election results for vice president in Lanao del Sur, Basilan, and Maguindanao could proceed independently from the manual recount and judicial revision.
Published April 20, 2021, 6:36 PM
Former Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong“ Marcos’ “sweeping allegations” of electoral fraud during the 2016 vice presidential polls have always been “baseless and unfounded” as proven by the decision of the Supreme Court, Vice President Leni Robredo’s spokesperson said on Tuesday, April 20.
Atty. Ibarra “Barry” Gutierrez (Barry Gutierrez Facebook page)
The SC, acting as Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET), released a copy of the full decision, which said that Robredo would have won even if they annul the election results in Lanao del Sur, Basilan, and Maguindanao, the three provinces that Marcos wanted to be recounted.
The PET said the vice president would have still led by as much as 15,130 votes even without the votes from the three provinces in Mindanao.