Marcos move to examine ballots in 3 ARMM provinces illegal, says Robredo camp

THE camp of Vice President Maria Leonor “Leni” Robredo has opposed the move of former Sen. Ferdinand Marcos to put under technical examination the 2016 ballots from Basilan, Maguindanao and Lanao del Sur, saying this violates the Supreme Court rules on poll protests.

Romulo Macalintal, lawyer for Robredo, made the opposition in an October 12 comment filed before the Supreme Court—sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET)—in response to Marcos’ pleading asking the PET to order a technical examination of election documents (including ballots) in Basilan, Maguindanao, and Lanao del Sur to coincide with the recount of the ballots in Camarines Sur, Iloilo and Negros Oriental.