Defeated bet wants 3 senators out of SET By Angie M. Rosales EXCLUSIVE 07/14/2010

Koko Pimentel: They may have conspired to sustain Zubiri’s motion Defeated bet wants 3 senators out of SET By Angie M. Rosales EXCLUSIVE 07/14/2010 Did they conspire for the sake of political expediency and at the expense of truth? Five senators may have conspired to deny lawyer Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III a seat in the Senate after they moved to sustain Sen. Juan Miguel Zubiri’s motion to review the ballots where he alleged irregularities have been committed. In contrast, one Supreme Court justice held a contrary view, saying the irregularities Zubiri alleged are unfounded, and his motion for review should have been junked. Pimentel III, son and namesake of former Minority Leader Aquilino “Nene” Pimentel Jr., is questioning before the Senate Electoral  Tribunal (SET) the proclamation of Zubiri as the 12th elected senator in the May 14, 2007 national and local elections. The informal alliance recently of Zubiri with Senators Edgardo Angara, Loren Legarda, Lito Lapid and Ramon Revilla Jr., who style themselves as a swing vote in the race to the Senate presidency appears to have been formed as a matter of political survival for Zubiri, and political clout and expediency for the rest, it was alleged. Pimentel III has placed into question their alliance as he sought for the “disqualification” of Angara, Legarda and Lapid from sitting as members of the Senate Electoral Tribunal (SET), in a motion filed last June 24, some three weeks after the body issued resolution No. 07-105. In the said resolution, the SET ordered the conduct of further proceedings on the remaining precincts counter-protested by Zubiri and for the canvassing board to undertake the collection of the remaining counter-protested ballot boxes.... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20100714hed1.html

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