The 25-percent threshold for valid vote set by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for the 2016 polls upholds the intent of the voter, Vice President Maria Leonor “Leni” Robredo said Sunday.

Robredo was responding to the Comelec’s comment filed before the Supreme Court sitting as Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET), which sided with Robredo’s appeal that the ongoing recount of votes from the 2016 race for Vice President should use a 25-percent threshold in accordance with multiple Comelec resolutions issued for the 2016 polls.

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