Bersamin assured that the PET is not dragging its feet in the election protest filed by former Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos against Vice President Leni Robredo. | T2TupasINQ
Chief Justice Lucas Bersamin. INQUIRER file photo / GRIG C. MONTEGRANDE
“What was on the minds of all the members of the PET [is] to do away with this case, to resolve this case in the earliest possible time,” Bersamin told reporters at a press conference.Marcos’ poll protest was filed before the PET, whose members are justices of the Supreme Court, on June 29, 2016. However, there was no indication that the PET will wrap up the proceedings anytime soon.
“I know the impatience of the public about this case of the Vice President being protested but we should also be careful of what we do here because the credibility of our processes as well as the political system here is at stake so we are doing it slowly but we are doing it with sufficient speed,” he added.
Under the PET rules, they need to count the votes in the three pilot provinces Camarines Sur, Iloilo and Negros Oriental. They have also brought in revisors and three commissioners to go through the clustered ballot boxes from the 2016 elections.
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