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Local Gov'ts Need Help With Crowded Prisons: Manila Bulletin Editorial Article
Local Gov'ts Need Help With Crowded Prisons: Manila Bulletin Editorial Article
The lawyer added that the Supreme Court, acting as the PET, could
have postponed action on the election protest because of its length.
Marcos had filed the protest on June 29, the eve of Robredo's oath-
taking. He lost to Robredo in the May elections by a very slim
margin of just 263,473 votes.
To offset any potential votes that Marcos will gain in the recount,
it is both strategic and necessary for the VP to take a counter-
offensive and file a counter-protest herself. A counter-protest will
allow her to make the necessary claims on her unaccounted votes
and also attack the votes cast in favor of Marcos.
A counter-protest, however, is as expensive as filing a protest. The
cash deposit of P500 for each established precinct (which could
translate to millions depending on the scope of the protest) only
covers the transportation of the ballot boxes and election
paraphernalia to the PET and to the compensation of the members
of the revision committees.
Outside of this, the VP will have to pay for lawyers fees, expense
in evidence gathering, daily meals, and fees of recount revisors and
watchers, and other miscellaneous expenses.