Friday, January 19, 2018

QUESTIONABLE, ILLOGICAL RULING AGAINST BONGBONG!






19 Jan. 2018

HIGHLY QUESTIONABLE AND ILLOGICAL!

This was how a top=caliber but low-profile lawyer businessman whom I consulted described the refusal by the Supreme Court/Presidential Electoral Tribunal (SC/PET) to give Bongbong Marcos ORIGINAL COPIES of results of the ballot decryption, which he ALONE had paid for in  connection with his protest against Leni Robredo. The lawyer noted:

“The PET required Bongbong to shoulder the expenses for the decryption. Bongbong complied. So it should be automatic, as in any other situation, that Bongbong gets what he had paid for. Not just soft or photo copies. Nothing less, nothing inferior. It was his money. It was not government money. In fact, Bongbong deserved an original copy of the very first result right after the decryption started.

“What makes the denial more questionable is it’s not clear from news reports if the soft copies being given to Bongbong are certified true copies of the original. Or if the lawyers of Bongbong will be given the chance to compare the contents of the soft copies side by side, point by point, with those in the originals. All that was in the news was Bongbong won’t get original copies of the decryption results. Period!”

I added that from a layman’s point of view, I don’t see any threat if Bongbong gets original copes of the decryption results. He’s the complainant in the protest, not the defendant. There’s no reason for him to manufacture anything, especially since the PET will have originals, too.  

Bongbong and the 14-milion plus who had voted for him are entitled to total transparency, and FAIR PLAY. 30


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