MANILA, Philippines — The Office of the Vice President (OVP) has stressed that the full Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET) decision on the poll protest lodged by former senator Bongbong Marcos validates its initial claims that the complaint was “baseless and unfounded.”
In a statement, Vice President Leni Robredo’s spokesperson Barry Gutierrez said that he believes the full text of the PET decision affirms the legitimacy of her victory over Marcos as well as the fact that the charges brought against the latter were unsubstantiated.
Last February 16, the Supreme Court (SC), sitting as the PET, unanimously dismissed the protest filed by Marcos after he lost by a slim m…
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