PILI, Camarines Sur 鈥� The recount of votes in three of 25 provinces where Ferdinand 鈥淏ongbong鈥� Marcos Jr. claimed that cheating in favor of Vice President Leni Robredo deprived him of victory would be key to Marcos鈥� election protest, according to Robredo鈥檚 lawyer.
Lawyer Maria Bernadette Sardillo, speaking for Robredo, said the Supreme Court last year upheld the integrity of the automated election system which was why Marcos鈥� protest 鈥渉as to proceed to the recounting of votes.鈥�
Marcos鈥� protest, she said, would 鈥渞ise or fall鈥� on the results of the recount in the provinces of Camarines Sur, Iloilo and Negros Oriental which the son of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos listed.
According to Sardillo, if the recount in the three provinces showed there was no fraud, then Marcos鈥� protest should be immediately dismissed.
Official results of the vice presidential race in Camarines Sur showed that Robredo got 664,190 votes (85 percent) to Marcos鈥� 41,219 (5 percent).
On Tuesday, the Commission on Elections started retrieval of ballot boxes and other election documents in Camarines Sur.