In a letter to the PET, law students from Ateneo de Naga University, University of Santo Tomas-Legazpi City, University of Nueva Caceres and Bicol College expressed concern over its decision to impose a 50-percent minimum ballot-shading requirement in hearing the electoral protest of former Sen. Ferdinand Marcos Jr. against Vice President Leni Robredo. Yssa Abañez, a representative of the group, said they wanted to protect the integrity of the votes cast in the last elections. ADVERTISEMENT“If the 50-percent threshold would be imposed, the results of the elections would be altered,” Abañez told reporters. Mary Joy Acobera, another leader of the group, said it was just proper for the PET to affirm the rules of the Comelec. As argued by Robredo and her lawyers, the law students said requiring a higher shading threshold in the ongoing vote recount would only “lead to the disenfranchisement of votes for both” the Vice President and Marcos.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer May 30, 2018 23:15 UTC