{"id":149977,"date":"2018-01-30T22:02:46","date_gmt":"2018-01-31T03:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=149977"},"modified":"2018-01-30T22:02:46","modified_gmt":"2018-01-31T03:02:46","slug":"robredo-camp-hits-marcos-over-poll-fraud-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/01\/30\/robredo-camp-hits-marcos-over-poll-fraud-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Robredo camp hits Marcos over poll fraud claims"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: Former Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and Vice President Leni Robredo (PNA photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA \u2014<\/strong>\u00a0The camp of Vice President Leni Robredo slammed the claims of former Senator Ferdinand \u201cBongbong\u201d Marcos, Jr., that there were \u201cmassive frauds\u201d that transpired in the May 2016 elections.<\/p>\n

\u201cItong mga sinasabi niyang ito ay nakakatawa, laughing matters as far as I am concerned. Ito iyong tinatawag na \u2018this made me laugh,\u2019 sabi nga. If laughter is the best medicine, then we can consider it the best medicine for us for the day,\u201d Robredo\u2019s legal counsel Romulo Macalintal said in a press conference on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe excited and hysterical claim of (Marcos) and his spokesperson Atty. Vic Rodriguez that they allegedly uncovered solid and inconvertible evidence of massive fraud that transpired in the 2016 elections\u2019 based on their own copies of alleged ballot images used in the said election, is highly ridiculous if not outright frivolous,\u201d the lawyer added.<\/p>\n

Macalintal said Marcos\u2019 claims of discrepancies in the hundreds of decrypted ballot images from Camarines Sur and Negros Oriental only show that the latter\u2019s protest “is facing its dismissal.”<\/p>\n

\u201cHe has no evidence at all. That is why he is now using evidence outside the election protest that he filed sa Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSa madaling salita, gumagamit na siya ngayon ng iba\u2019t ibang uri ng sinasabi niya na ebidensya na hindi naman nilalaman ng kaniyang protesta. At ang mga ganiyang uri ng evidence ay what you call inadmissible evidence. It shows the weakness of the protest, and it will be revealed further when we start the recount of the ballots,\u201d Robredo\u2019s counsel added.<\/p>\n

He also denied the statement of Marcos that they already had the complete copies of the ballot images which they secured in November.<\/p>\n

\u201cPaano kami magkakaroon ng ballot images na iyan, eh siya nga ang nag-request niyan? Bago kami makakuha niya, kailangan munang maaprubahan ang kaniyang request, ang mga ballot images na iyan madala sa Presidential Electoral Tribunal, at saka lamang kami makaka-request. Hanggang ngayon wala pa kaming kopya ng nasabing mga ballot images,\u201d the lawyer added.<\/p>\n

Macalintal likewise belied the claims that they did not have pending motions on the electoral protest, adding that they were pushing for the recount of the votes to start.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo ayan, another kasinungalingan iyan. Sinasabi niya may motion kami. Wala kaming motion, ano? Wala kaming motion para matigil iyong recount. There is no pending motion from our camp where we are asking that the recount be suspended or otherwise be stopped by the PET,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a matter of fact, kami nga iyong humihingi na sana bilisan na natin ito, kasi naniniwala kami na ang recount ay walang mangyayari, because sa lahat ng mga nagkaroon ng recount na election protest, wala pa pong nananalo sa recount sa automated election. Sa manual election, talagang may nangyayari na may nananalo sa recount, but automated election, wala pang nananalo diyan kasi kung ano iyong binoto mo diyan sa precinct level, iyon din ang bibilangin kapag nagkaroon ng mga protesta,\u201d he furthered.<\/p>\n

On Monday, Marcos said that they had decrypted ballot images showing that ballots had \u201csquare shapes.\u201d<\/p>\n

The former legislator also challenged Robredo to withdraw all her camp\u2019s motions on the electoral case, and he would also withdraw his motions.<\/p>\n

Robredo won over Marcos by more than 263,000 votes in the 2016 polls.\u00a0(PNA)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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