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The Supreme Court sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET), is set to hold a preliminary conference on July 11, 2017 at 2pm on the vice-presidential poll protests of former Senator Bongbong Marcos and Vice President Leni Robredo.
Marcos, who filed the protest, joined an overnight vigil late Monday with his supporters outside the Supreme Court. Meanwhile, Robredo's camp said they are ready to face the high court, which is sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal.
"We are ready and confident to prove during the preliminary conference that Marcos' protest should be dismissed since his preliminary conference brief contains the same allegations in his protest where he is clearly and merely fishing for evidence," said Robredo's lead legal counsel, Atty. Romulo Macalintal in a statement.
Marcos previously criticized Robredo for allegedly blocking moves to recount the results of the vice presidential race in almost 40,000 clustered precincts through the filing of various motions.
"Nagtataka ako sa lahat ng nagiging motion ng aking katunggali na imbis na bilisan—kasi kung naniniwala talaga sila na walang problema, kung talagang tama yung bilang ng boto, eh di bilangin na natin. Ba't nila hinaharang?" Marcos said in an interview.
The SC, composed of the same 15 justices, decided to set one preliminary conference for both the protest and counter-protest, citing Rule 3 of the 2010 PET Rules, which allows adjustment in the rules to “achieve a just, expeditious and inexpensive determination and disposition of every contest before the tribunal.”
Both camps were ordered by the Tribunal to pay, in two tranches, for the resolution of their protests. The PET, on March 21, ordered Mr. Marcos to pay P66,223,000, and Ms. Robredo to pay P15,439,000.
Mr. Marcos paid the first tranche of P36 million on April 17, claimed that his supporters pooled the money for the payment. In a statement ear on Monday, Mr. Marcos said he will join an overnight vigil by his supporters.
Ms. Robredo, for her part, paid P8 million on May 2. She said the amount she produced was loaned by relatives.
Both camps are expected to pay the second tranche of the election bond on Friday, July 14.
Source: News/ CNN, PhilStar, BW
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