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Bongbong Marcos vs. Robredo [SEPARATE OPINION, CAGUIOA, J.]

FERDINAND "BONGBONG" R. MARCOS, JR., PROTESTANT, VS. MARIA LEONOR "LENI DAANG MATUWID" G. ROBREDO, PROTESTEE.

P.E.T. Case No. 005 | 2021-02-16

SEPARATE CONCURRING OPINION

CAGUIOA, J.:

The Protest lives or dies by the results of the determination under Rule 65 of the [Presidential Electoral Tribunal] Rules. Protestant is bound by his choice of pilot provinces. The Tribunal cannot accommodate protestant at the expense of violating its own rules. Protestant therefore has only himself to blame as the results of the revision and appreciation of millions of ballots in his three (3) pilot provinces only lead to one conclusion: the dismissal of his Protest.[1]

These were the concluding words in my Dissenting Opinion to the Tribunal's Resolution dated October 15, 2019. In the instant...