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PET requires Robredo to comment on Bongbong Marcos appeal
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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 May 11, 2021, 1:39 PM
Presidential Electoral Tribunal
Former Sen. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. asked the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET), composed of all Supreme Court (SC) justices, to reconsider its decision that dismissed his election protest against Vice President Ma. Leonor “Leni” Robredo in the 2016 vice presidential election.
In a unanimous vote of 15 justices, the PET last Feb. 16 upheld the victory of Vice President Robredo.
Seven justices voted to dismiss Marcos’ protest while eight justices voted in the result – the dismissal of the protest. The decision was written by Associate Justice Marvic M.V.F. Leonen.
In his motion for reconsideration, Marcos told the PET to “proceed with the presentation of evidence for the third cause of action.”