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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