Some unused and excess ballots for
the 2016 national elections were pre-shaded in favor of Vice President Leni
Robredo, former senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos, Jr. claimed on
Wednesday.
Marcos lawyer Vic Rodriguez made
the statement during the third day of the manual recount that that their camp
had sought to contest Robredo's victory in the 2016 Vice Presidential Race.
The allegedly pre-shaded ballots
came from the town of Baao in Camarines Sur, Robredo’s home province.
The manual recount and revision of
ballots started last Monday, April 2, at the 5th floor of the Supreme
Court-Court of Appeals gymnasium in Manila were they also discovered the wet
ballots from precincts in Bato, Camarines Sur.
Moreover, Marcos had also earlier
complained of missing audit logs in most of the ballot boxes.
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philstar.com
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However, Robredo's lawyer, Romulo
Macalintal, said the logs did not contain a tally of votes, which is the
subject of the recount, thus making their disappearance a "technical
defect" that "can never affect the genuineness and accuracy of the
count."
Macalintal included that the
ballots in previous elections were frequently damaged by typhoons and floods, yet
this ought not be a reason for concern because the automated poll system stores
back-up ballot images.
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