FORMER Sen. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. won’t win in his poll protest against Vice President Maria Leonor “Leni” Robredo by claiming that the undervotes belonged to him, the vice president’s lawyer said on Tuesday.

Romulo Macalintal was responding to a statement by Marcos spokesman Vic Rodriguez that the former legislator picked Camarines Sur, Negros Oriental and Iloilo for the recount of the votes in the 2016 vice presidential race because of the alleged high incidence of undervotes in these areas, characterized by abstentions or failure of a voter to shade the oval next to his or her preferred candidate at an appropriate threshold of 25 percent as set by the Commission on Elections (Comelec).

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