Supporters of former senator Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos, Jr. gathered in front of the Supreme Court (SC) in Manila on the first day of the manual recount in his poll protest against Vice President Leni Robredo.
At least 200 supporters, wearing red shirts and Marcos-printed bandanas and chanting "B-B-M," the moniker of the defeated vice presidential candidate, flocked in front of the high tribunal's gate as of 9 a.m..
The SC, sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET), has designated April 2 as the beginning of the manual vote recount in the three pilot provinces that Marcos has chosen: Camarines Sur, Iloilo, and Negros Oriental.
The recount covers a total of 5,418 clustered precincts, the results of which will determine whether or not Marcos' protest will proceed with the remaining 31,047 protested clustered precincts.
The gymnasium of the SC-Court of Appeals has been converted into the Revision Hall, which will house a target number of 50 revision committees from Mondays to Fridays, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m..
As of Monday, the PET has only completed the hiring of 40 head revisors.
Marcos lost to Robredo by 263,473 votes in the May 2016 election which the former senator claimed was marred by fraud. —ALG, GMA News
At least 200 supporters, wearing red shirts and Marcos-printed bandanas and chanting "B-B-M," the moniker of the defeated vice presidential candidate, flocked in front of the high tribunal's gate as of 9 a.m..
The SC, sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET), has designated April 2 as the beginning of the manual vote recount in the three pilot provinces that Marcos has chosen: Camarines Sur, Iloilo, and Negros Oriental.
The recount covers a total of 5,418 clustered precincts, the results of which will determine whether or not Marcos' protest will proceed with the remaining 31,047 protested clustered precincts.
The gymnasium of the SC-Court of Appeals has been converted into the Revision Hall, which will house a target number of 50 revision committees from Mondays to Fridays, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m..
As of Monday, the PET has only completed the hiring of 40 head revisors.
Marcos lost to Robredo by 263,473 votes in the May 2016 election which the former senator claimed was marred by fraud. —ALG, GMA News
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