The camp of Vice President Leni Robredo asked the Supreme Court sitting as Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET) to disregard position of the Office of the Solicitor General that the 50 percent threshold in determining the valid votes during the 2016 elections should be maintained.
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Read moreVICE President Maria Leonor “Leni” Robredo will attend President Rodrigo Duterte’s third State of the Nation Address (SONA) and is looking forward to the President’s updates on his promises. “Of course, I will attend the SONA. That is one of our obligations as Vice President,” Robredo said. Robredo is still facing a poll protest filed […]
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The lawyers of Vice President Leni Robredo have asked the Supreme Court, acting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET), to reject a third bid by Solicitor General Jose Calida to delay his answer to her petition challenging a PET decision that could cost her votes in the ongoing recount of ballots cast in the 2016 vice presidential elections.
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Filipinos should be allowed to speak freely and engage their government without fear, Vice President Leni Robredo said on Tuesday.
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Read more“PROSPERITY does not depend on one man’s ability to wield power,” Vice President Maria Leonor “Leni” Robredo said on Tuesday. Robredo’ statement was part of a speech she delivered before the Rotary Club of Makati where she appealed for help for her office’s flagship anti-poverty program Angat Buhay which links the private sector to poor […]
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Vice President Leni Robredo on Sunday criticized the administration’s anti-“tambay” campaign for being “antipoor,” adding that the President’s flip-flopping statements were adding to the confusion.
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The legal team of Vice President Leni Robredo has called the attention of the Supreme Court, acting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET), for what it claimed were violations committed by the camp of former Sen. Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in the ongoing revision of votes for the 2016 vice presidential race.
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“At what point has it become alright for our people to stop defending human rights and, instead, start condemning it and its defenders?” This was the question posed by Vice President Leni Robredo before graduates of the Far Eastern University (FEU) Institute of Law during their commencement exercises on Tuesday.
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