Supreme Court junks Bongbong Marcos' poll protest vs. VP Leni Robredo | 24 Oras

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.

Hosaka could not say whether the decision can be appealed.

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