“From the foregoing, for purposes of the 2016 elections, the 50 percent shading threshold was no longer applied. “What’s important is the most important question (on ballot shading threshold) has been answered,” she said. In fact, in the ruling, the tribunal said they were never given that resolution saying that the shading threshold should be at 25 percent,” the lawyer insisted. The 21,000 reduced votes was only a propaganda of Marcos,” Robredo said, adding that she still expects vicious attacks from the Marcos camp even with the PET’s ruling on ballot shading threshold. The PET adopted the poll body’s recommendation to instead use the ballot images to resolve any issue on the shading threshold.

Source: Philippine Star September 26, 2018 15:45 UTC