MANILA, Philippines — The camp of Vice President Leni Robredo has pressed the Supreme Court (SC) – sitting as Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET) – to urgently release the results of its preliminary recount on ex-senator Bongbong Marcos’ electoral protest against her. ADVERTISEMENTREAD: SC to release report on Marcos Jr. poll protest ‘very soon’READ: PET defers discussion on Marcos poll protestREAD: PET resets deliberation on Marcos poll protest to Oct 15 – sourceRobredo’s camp also appealed to SC to immediately make its decision on the case to avert rumors and speculations that sow public confusion. “You can’t avoid rumors, because people know that there has been a report, that there has been a draft decision. Marcos lodged the poll protest in 2016, weeks after Robredo was proclaimed winner of the vice presidential race by a margin of around 280,000 votes. However, he admitted that these were not official figures since the official information should come from the SC – the main objective of Macalintal’s motion.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer October 08, 2019 08:26 UTC