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Roxas vs. Binay

MANUEL A. ROXAS, Protestant, vs. JEJOMAR C. BINAY, Protestee. Present: SERENO, CJ, *CARPIO, VELASCO, JR., LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, **BRION, ***PERALTA, BERSAMIN, ****DEL CASTILLO, PEREZ, MENDOZA, REYES, PERLAS-BERNABE, LEONEN, JARDELEZA, and CAGUIOA,JJ.

P.E.T. No. 004 | 2016-08-16

Republic of the Philippines
Supreme Court
Manila
 
 
Presidential Electoral Tribunal
 
RESOLUTION
 
BERSAMIN, J.:
 
On June 9, 2010, Congress, in joint session assembled and sitting as the National Board of Canvassers (NBOC), proclaimed protestee Jejomar C. Binay as the Vice President duly elected in the May 10, 2010 National and Local Elections after garnering 14,645,574 votes. Protestant Manuel A. Roxas came in second with 13,918,490votes,1 or a margin of 727,084 votes in favor of the protestee.
 
On July 9, 2010, the protestant initiated this protest,2 whereby he prayed as follows:
 
WHEREFORE, protestant...