Swing votes may save Poe

SENATOR Grace Poe may hurdle the legal obstacles to her presidential bid if she will be able to gather so-called swing votes from the Supreme Court (SC) justices who are expected to decide on a disqualification case against her soon.

Although Poe’s case was included in the agenda for today’s en banc session, the justices are not expected to vote on a draft decision prepared by Associate Justice Mariano del Castillo because some justices may ask for more time to study the case or to come up with their opposing or concurring opinions, sources said on Monday.