THE camp of former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. deplored on Tuesday the attempt of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to blame the former lawmaker for the delay in the return of unused vote counting machines (VCMs) to Smartmatic.

Vic Rodriguez, spokesperson of Marcos, said it is not fair for the former senator to be blamed for the delayed return of the VCMs to Smartmatic because the Comelec should have anticipated the possible filing of a case in its contract with the VCM provider.

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