{"id":27005,"date":"2017-04-17T12:41:14","date_gmt":"2017-04-17T12:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=27005"},"modified":"2017-04-17T12:41:14","modified_gmt":"2017-04-17T12:41:14","slug":"marcos-son-takes-step-towards-recount-philippine-vp-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/marcos-son-takes-step-towards-recount-philippine-vp-vote.html","title":{"rendered":"Marcos son takes step towards recount of Philippine VP vote"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tMarcos son takes step towards recount of Philippine VP vote<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span>
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\n\tThe son of former Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos on Monday took a step towards securing a recount of votes in an election for vice president last year in which he says he was unfairly robbed of victory.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tThe son, also called Ferdinand Marcos but popularly known as Bongbong, lost the election for vice president last May to social activist and lawyer Leni Robredo by about 260,000 votes.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tHe has objected to the result ever since and the Supreme Court ruled in February that his protest was valid, but he has to pay for a recount of the votes.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tOn Monday, he deposited about 36 million pesos ($728,500) as payment for a recount of votes in 42 percent of polling precincts.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\t"It's good I have kind-hearted friends. They believe in my election protest because it is right, just and fair," Marcos told reporters after signing a check.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tHe did not elaborate on his friends.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tRobredo's relationship with President Rodrigo Duterte is far from close and he has frequently made jokes in public at her expense.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tShe has been critical of some of his policies, including his deadly war on drugs, and delivered a video message to a U.N. human rights conference in Geneva last month.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tShe also opposed the burial of the late dictator Marcos at a heroes' cemetery.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tLast year, Duterte instructed aides to tell Robredo to cease attending his Cabinet meetings, prompting her to resign as housing minister, though she remained vice president.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tRumors have swirled that Duterte favors Marcos but Duterte has denied he is trying to oust Robredo. Presidents and vice presidents are elected separately in the Philippines.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tMarcos has until July 14 to pay another 30 million pesos to complete recounting votes in more than 39,000 polling precincts nationwide.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tHe said vote-counting machines were manipulated to favor of Robredo. She has challenged his protest in the high court saying he had not specifically said where the supposed irregularities took place.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tDuterte's father, a former governor in Mindanao province, served under the elder Marcos when he was first elected president in 1965.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tMarcos was ousted in protests in 1986 and died in Hawaii in 1989.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tSource:- http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-philippines-election-protest-idUSKBN17J0X5<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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