MANILA, Philippines — Former Sen. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. should still attraction the dismissal of his vice presidential ballot protest, Chief Justice DIosdado Peralta mentioned, however he refused to debate how a possible candidacy within the coming elections might have an effect on the attraction.
The Supreme Courtroom, sitting as Presidential Electoral Tribunal, voted unanimously to junk the whole thing of Marcos’ ballot protest on Tuesday, clearing the problems which have hounded Vice President Leni Robredo’s win for greater than 4 years.
Peralta, nevertheless, mentioned that Marcos can, in fact, file a movement for reconsideration to reverse this. Ought to Marcos proceed along with his attraction, he could be working to overturn a unanimous vote.
Marcos has introduced his plan to run for the 2022 nationwide polls as early as January 2020, when his ballot protest was nonetheless pending. Upon the dismissal, his group once more reiterated their intention to hunt a put up within the coming elections.
The chief justice, nevertheless, refused to debate how Marcos’ bid for the subsequent elections would have an effect on the proceedings.
“That’s one other query. Let’s not deal with it… however that’s his selection, if he needs to run, that’s his selection,” Peralta mentioned in an opportunity interview on the sidelines of the conferment of an honorary Medical doctors of Regulation diploma from the Tarlac State College on Friday morning.
Below the PET guidelines, the choice turns into remaining ten days after the receipt of copy of the events, if no movement for reconsideration is filed.
The tribunal has but to launch the complete copy of the ruling, which Peralta famous is a “lengthy, lengthy and well-written determination by our colleague,” referring to the ponente.
The chief justice mentioned they’re nonetheless ready for different justices to elucidate their vote, which might take greater than per week.
SC spokesperson Brian Hosaka mentioned that “seven members absolutely concurred in dismissal whereas eight concurred within the outcome.” In an up to date assertion, Hosaka careworn that the “total electoral protest” was unanimously dismissed.
Peralta refused to elucidate the votes of his colleagues, noting that deliberations are confidential. “However I can solely say that as ordinary, there was deliberation, there have been debates, there have been a number of issues raised, however ultimately as what the chief justice normally does, and that’s to name for a vote,” he added.
The chief justice additionally mentioned “all points had been tackled,” together with Marcos’ third reason for motion, which pushes for the annulment of votes in three Mindanao provinces.
Electoral protests
College of the Philippines Faculty of Regulation professor Oliver Reyes famous in a Twitter thread that the Marcos case is simply one of many two PET circumstances that had been resolved primarily based on deserves.
The opposite was the vice presidential ballot protest of incumbent Rep. Loren Legarda (Vintage) with “partial decision on the deserves, however [entire protest] was additionally deemed as finally deserted together with her election to the Senate.”
I consider that the SC’s dismissal of the Marcos protest (sitting because the P.E.T.) is the primary time underneath the 87 Const that the PET resolved an election protest on the deserves. In 1992, MDS protest was dismissed as moot after she entered the Senate. https://t.co/XSn14lAco3
— oli r. (@ohlistic) February 16, 2021
Within the ballot protest filed by former Inside Secretary Manuel Roxas contesting the win of former Vice President Jejomar Binay within the 2010 nationwide elections, the PET dismissed the ballot protest on the bottom of mootness.
Within the ruling penned by Affiliate Justice Lucas Bersamin, the tribunal directed Roxas and Binay to precise their curiosity in pursuing the case after they’d filed their respective certificates of candidacy for the 2016 polls. “Neither of the events has complied with the directive as of date,” the ruling dated August 16, 2016 learn.
The tribunal, nevertheless, mentioned that when the brand new set of nationwide and native elections took workplace on June 30, 2016, the time period Roxas and Binay had been contesting had additionally expired.
“Clearly, the protest and the counter-protest which are the subject material of this case have develop into moot and educational. As such, the Tribunal is constrained to dismiss the protest and the counter-protest,” the ruling additional learn.
