‘Marcos bluffing on quick recount motion’
It was Marcos who dared Robredo’s camp to sign the motion that would effectively let the Supreme Court, sitting as Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET), proceed with the recount. AP
MANILA, Philippines — Now it’s a battle for the correct motion.
The camp of Vice President Leni Robredo accused her opponent, former senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr. of bluffing for refusing to sign a joint motion to withdraw all pending motions to expedite the recount of ballots in connection with his electoral protest.
It was Marcos who dared Robredo’s camp to sign the motion that would effectively let the Supreme Court, sitting as Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET), proceed with the recount.
On Tuesday, Marcos signed a “joint motion,” supposedly with the same prayer, a copy of which was sent to the office of Robredo’s lawyers in Ortigas Center.
But Robredo’s lead counsel Romulo Macalintal said the Vice President’s camp did not sign the document sent to them by Marcos, noting that it was a mere manifestation and not a motion.
“A motion is a pleading where a party asks the court to grant him the relief or remedies or what he wants from the court. A manifestation is a pleading wherein the party merely makes a representation or statement which the court may just take note of without any action at all,” Macalintal said.
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