Former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos manifested his objection before the Supreme Court (SC) to the plea of Vice President Leonor Robredo that she be given documents and decrypted images of ballots in three pilot provinces where votes will be recounted. In his three page Strong Comment/Opposition filed at the SC, sitting as Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET), dated November 6, 2017, Marcos ased the high tribunal to deny Robredo’s plea. He pointed out that he alone shouldered the P2,974,075 needed for the undertaking. Marcos lost to Robredo by only 263,473 votes. He attributed his defeat to “massive electoral fraud, anomalies and irregularities” such as preshading of ballots, pre-loaded Secure Digital cards, misreading of ballots, malfunctioning VCMs, and an “abnormally high” unaccounted votes/undervotes for the position of VP.

Source: Manila Times November 15, 2017 16:07 UTC