Zubiri accused of deceiving SET in Pimentel poll protest By Angie M. Rosales 07/16/2010

Zubiri accused of deceiving SET in Pimentel poll protest

By Angie M. Rosales 07/16/2010 Some alleged staff of embattled Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri reportedly participated and even presented themselves as “representatives” of three senators, who are sitting as judges, in a pending electoral case against their principal. This is contained in the petition seeking to disqualify Senators Edgardo Angara, Loren Legarda and Manuel “Lito” Lapid from further sitting as members in the Senate Electoral Tribunal (SET) hearing the electoral protest case filed by lawyer Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III against Zubiri. Pimentel III is calling for the inhibition from the proceedings of Angara, Legarda and Lapid following a recent issuance of a resolution by the SET ordering the conduct of further proceedings in the remaining 75 percent of Zubiri’s counter-protest. The three senators were among those who voted for the continuation of the so-called revision proceedings, effectively favoring Zubiri. Pimentel III, who is protesting the proclamation of Zubiri as the elected 12th senator in the May 14, 2007 elections, had accused the latter of supposedly conspiring with the three other senators to rule in favor of his counter-protest case. In filing his manifestation last June 24, Pimentel III also accused Zubiri of resorting to dirty tactics to supposedly further delay the resolution of the case.... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20100716hed4.html

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