"Mr. Marcos' protest is clearly facing its eventual dismissal. He knows his protest is very weak, that's why he is using evidence outside PET," Romulo Macalintal, counsel of Robredo, said on Tuesday. But Macalintal said that Marcos is merely using evidence outside his poll protest to divert attention from his "weak protest." The PET only allowed the release of soft copies of the ballot images from the pilot provinces identified in the poll protest. We really, really want to have the recount," Macalintal said, adding that their camp has not filed any motion to stop the election recount.

Source: Philippine Star January 30, 2018 04:18 UTC