The Supreme Court (SC), sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal, has authorized initial hiring of 60 contractual workers for a vote recount in connection with a protest of former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. against Vice President Maria Leonor Robredo.

The SC, acting on a recommendation of the electoral tribunal’s acting administrative officer Eden Candelaria, issued a resolution on October 18 to effect the workers’ employment.

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