Robredo’s Lawyer Explains Why Ballot Boxes from Camarines Sur are Soaked in Water
The camp of Vice President Leni Robredo assured the public on Monday that the ballots that arrived at the Supreme Court were not intentionally soaked in water.
Robredo’s lawyer, Romulo Macalintal, said that the ballots were already wet before the Supreme Court received the ballots.
According to Macalintal, the ballots might have gotten wet while being stored in the municipalities in Camarines Sur due to some odd happenings.
“Nong nanalo si Vice President Leni Robredo, nag-celebrate ang mga tao, kasama yong mga empleyado ng Comelec. Yong iba nagtapunan at nagsabuyan ng tubig sa sobrang tuwa so hindi naiwasan na masabuyan ng tubig ang mga ballot boxes,” Macalintal said
“I assure you na yung mga ballots na yun, ay hindi binasa o nabasa dito sa Supreme Court,” he added. “Ah hindi. Otherwise, it’s a criminal case.”
[I assure you that those ballots did not get wet or were deliberately soaked at the Supreme Court. No. Otherwise, it’s a criminal case.]
The lawyer was reacting to the claim of former Sen. Ferdinand “Bongbong‘ Marcos Jr., during the first day of the vote recount for the electoral protest that he filed against Robredo, that there were irregularities in several ballot boxes in Bato, Camarines Sur.
According to Marcos, all ballots in the four precincts in Bato were soaked in water when they opened it.
“Apat na presinto, sa bayan ng Bato, lahat ng balota, nung binuksan ‘yung balota, lahat ng balota, basa,” Marcos said in an interview. “So, hindi magamit. Eh hindi namin maintindihan papaano. Hindi naman siguro, impossible naman siguro na dalawang taong basa ‘yan.”
[In four precincts in the town of Bato, all the ballots, when the boxes were opened, were wet. So they can’t be used. And we can’t understand how it happened. It’s impossible that they have been wet for two years.]
But Macalintal said it was still possible for the ballots to still be wet given that the water inside the ballot boxes had not gone dry.
Macalintal also admitted that he had seen the ballots and said that they were really wet.
“Emotion ng tao, wala tayong magagawa kung gusto nilang mag-celebrate,” Macalintal said.
Robredo’s lawyer, Romulo Macalintal, said that the ballots were already wet before the Supreme Court received the ballots.
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“Nong nanalo si Vice President Leni Robredo, nag-celebrate ang mga tao, kasama yong mga empleyado ng Comelec. Yong iba nagtapunan at nagsabuyan ng tubig sa sobrang tuwa so hindi naiwasan na masabuyan ng tubig ang mga ballot boxes,” Macalintal said
“I assure you na yung mga ballots na yun, ay hindi binasa o nabasa dito sa Supreme Court,” he added. “Ah hindi. Otherwise, it’s a criminal case.”
[I assure you that those ballots did not get wet or were deliberately soaked at the Supreme Court. No. Otherwise, it’s a criminal case.]
The lawyer was reacting to the claim of former Sen. Ferdinand “Bongbong‘ Marcos Jr., during the first day of the vote recount for the electoral protest that he filed against Robredo, that there were irregularities in several ballot boxes in Bato, Camarines Sur.
According to Marcos, all ballots in the four precincts in Bato were soaked in water when they opened it.
“Apat na presinto, sa bayan ng Bato, lahat ng balota, nung binuksan ‘yung balota, lahat ng balota, basa,” Marcos said in an interview. “So, hindi magamit. Eh hindi namin maintindihan papaano. Hindi naman siguro, impossible naman siguro na dalawang taong basa ‘yan.”
[In four precincts in the town of Bato, all the ballots, when the boxes were opened, were wet. So they can’t be used. And we can’t understand how it happened. It’s impossible that they have been wet for two years.]
But Macalintal said it was still possible for the ballots to still be wet given that the water inside the ballot boxes had not gone dry.
Macalintal also admitted that he had seen the ballots and said that they were really wet.
“Emotion ng tao, wala tayong magagawa kung gusto nilang mag-celebrate,” Macalintal said.
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