{"id":151076,"date":"2018-02-05T04:03:55","date_gmt":"2018-02-05T09:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=151076"},"modified":"2018-02-05T04:04:22","modified_gmt":"2018-02-05T09:04:22","slug":"robredo-lawyer-slams-publicity-stunt-of-marcos-on-poll-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/02\/05\/robredo-lawyer-slams-publicity-stunt-of-marcos-on-poll-protest\/","title":{"rendered":"Robredo lawyer slams ‘publicity stunt’ of Marcos on poll protest"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: Former Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and Vice President Leni Robredo (PNA photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA, Philippines \u2014 The camp of Vice President Leni Robredo on Sunday described as a \u201cpublicity stunt\u201d the challenge of former Senator Bongbong Marcos for them to withdraw all pending protests to have a speedy election case.<\/p>\n

Marcos earlier challenged Robredo to withdraw all pending motions before the Supreme Court sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET) in connection with the poll protest to proceed with the recount of questioned ballots in the May 2016 vice presidential race.<\/p>\n

\u201cI issue the challenge to Leni Robredo, withdraw all your motion. I will withdraw all my motions para wala ng pag-aralan ang korte and we can proceed with the recount,\u201d Marcos said in a press briefing.<\/p>\n

However, Atty. Maria Bernadette Sardillo, Robredo\u2019s co-counsel, said that Marcos\u2019 was also a \u201cMarcosian tactic\u201d to supposedly \u201crevise the history\u201d and \u201cconfuse the public.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are the ones who actually have a pending motion. Just like the previous times that they filed frivolous motions one after another to delay the case,\u201d Sardillo said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf they really want a recount, they should go to PET, not the public. It\u2019s the PET which will decide the merits of the case,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

Lawyer Vic Rodriguez, Marcos\u2019 spokesperson, also reiterated the call in an attempt to clear the issue on the ballot images, and alleged undervotes and overvotes.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo clear the issue conclusively on the ballot images, undervotes and overvotes, we would like to challenge Mrs. Leni Robredo to sign a joint motion withdrawing all our outstanding motions so we could go straight to the recount,\u201d Rodriguez said in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have been instructed by Senator Marcos to draft the joint motion and Senator Marcos is ready to sign it anytime. We are fervently hoping that Mrs. Robredo will do the same,\u201d the spokesman added.<\/p>\n

It can be recalled that Marcos urged\u00a0Commission on Elections (Comelec) to explain the \u201csquare shapes\u201d in his copies of ballot images which\u00a0he\u00a0claimed as\u00a0new evidence\u00a0showing that Robredo\u00a0allegedly cheated in the previous election.<\/p>\n

Marcos lost to Robredo by 263,473 votes\u00a0in the May 2016 elections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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