Supreme Court’s PET dismisses Leni Robredo’s plea to junk BBM’s protest

Noong January 24, 2017, ibinasura ng Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET) ng Supreme Court (SC) ang pakiusap ni VP Leni Robredo na tanggihan ng PET ang electoral protest ni dating Senador Bongbong Marcos (BBM).  Ang katwiran ng kampo ni Leni ay kulang sa hurisdiskyon at hindi sapat ang anyo at sinangkapan ng kaso. Ngunit di sumang ayon ang PET kay Leni.

Matatandaan na, noong May 2016 election, natalo ni Leni sa pagka bise-presidente si BBM sa lamang na 263,473 votes.  Ngunit ang resulta ng bilangan ay di tinanggap ng kampo ni BBM dahil may mga dokumento at saksi sila na magpapatunay may dayaang naganap kaya nanalo si Leni.

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Ito yung mga alegasyon na inihain ng kampo ni BBM:

  • alleged pre-shading of ballots
  • massive vote buying
  • script change in the transparency server that supposedly altered the results,
  • pre-loaded secure digital cards
  • misreading of ballots
  • malfunctioning vote counting machines
  • an “abnormally high” unaccounted votes/undervotes for the position of vice president.

Ito naman ang rason ng kampo ni Leni na dapat tanggihan ng PET ang protesta ni BBM:

  • the grounds raised by Marcos could not be used for a poll protest
  • the allegations of cheating and vote buying are just a “series of wild accusations, guesses, and surmises.”

Ngunit di pinaboran ng PET si Leni at tuluyang ibinasura ang kanyang hiling.  Ito ang pahayag ng PET:

“On the matter of the sufficiency of the protest, the same is already beyond dispute.

 

 

With the issuance of the summons, the Tribunal has found the protest to be sufficient in form and substance. The protest contained narrations of ultimate facts on the alleged irregularities and anomalies in the contested clustered precincts, which the protestant needs to prove in due time.”

Dahil sa naturang desisyon ng PET, nagbigay agad ng pahayag ang abugado ni BBM na si Atty. Victor Rodriguez.  Ito ang kanyang sinabi:

“We are hoping that with this resolution, there will be an end to all these delays and we can finally move forward.”

Source: RSJ, GMA News

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