Senate Electoral Tribunal Starts Recount Of Tolentino’s Protest Against Senator De Lima
The Senate Electoral Tribunal (SET) starts Monday, October
16, the recount of 635 ballot boxes in connection with the electoral protest of
senatorial candidate Francis Tolentino against detained Senator Leila de Lima.
The SET gave due course to Tolentino’s protest through SET Resolution
No. 16-65 dated September 14, 2017 which unanimously ordered the immediate
recount of contested 635 ballot boxes containing ballots used during the May 9,
2016 automated senatorial elections.
The resolution was unanimously approved by SET members, led
by its chairman, Supreme Court Justice Antonio Carpio, and all the SET members
of the Supreme Court and the Senate.
Tolentino, who placed number 13th behind 12th placer Senator
De Lima, contested the results on various grounds, including but not limited to
the change of computer hash codes which served as one of the grounds for the
recent impeachment of Commission on Elections Chairman Andres Bautista by the
House of Representatives last October 10.
Senator De Lima did not file any counter-protest.
Tolentino, then an independent candidate who emerged as top
placer in several localities nationwide, claimed that the anomalies stemmed
from man-made as well as computer-generated manipulations not reflective of the
real will of the people concerning the 12th and last senatorial slot.
Tolentino’s legal team is led by former University of the
Philippines Law dean Pacifico Agabin.
Source: Philippine Star
Senate Electoral Tribunal Starts Recount Of Tolentino’s Protest Against Senator De Lima
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