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MANILA, Philippines
The Philippine Supreme Court has dismissed an election protest by the son of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos, thwarting his attempt to overturn his narrow defeat in the 2016 vice presidential election in what could have been a stunning political comeback.
The 15-member court, which voted as an electoral tribunal, unanimously rejected the protest filed by Ferdinand Marcos Jr. after he lost to opposition leader Leni Robredo, court spokesperson Brian Hosaka said Tuesday.
Marcos Jr. did not immediately comment on the court decision. Robredo expressed relief and thanked her supporters, lawyers and the justices “for their fairness and resolve.”
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SC junks Marcos’s electoral protest vs. Robredo
By DAWN CECILIA PEÑA
MANILA – The Supreme Court junked the electoral protest filed by former Senator Bongbong Marcos against Vice President Leni Robredo on Tuesday, Feb. 16.
“Out of the 15 members of the Tribunal who were present in today’s meeting, seven members fully concurred in the dismissal while eight concurred in the result,” SC Spokesperson Atty. Brian Hosaka said in a statement.
This referred to the Presidential Electoral Tribunal case, ‘Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos, Jr., protestant vs Maria Leonor “Leni Daang Matuwid” G. Robredo, prostestee, PET Case No. 005,’ challenging the election and proclamation of incumbent Vice President Robredo in the 2016 national elections, who won by a slim margin of only 263,473 votes.
By VIRGIL LOPEZ, GMA News
Published February 16, 2021 1:05pm
Updated February 16, 2021 8:21pm The Supreme Court (SC), sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET), on Tuesday dismissed for lack of merit the election protest filed by former Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. against Vice President Leni Robredo over the results of the 2016 race. SC spokesperson Brian Hosaka told reporters that the court unanimously voted to junk the protest, nearly five years after it was filed by Marcos on June 29, 2016. Robredo’s counter-protest has also been dismissed, the court said. Of the 15 justices present during the meeting, seven magistrates “fully concurred” in the dismissal while the rest “concurred” in the result, Hosaka said. The decision will be uploaded to the high court’s website once available, he added.