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Two protest cases will be watched with great interest because of their far-reaching implications. One is the protest case filed in the Comelec by
former Manila Mayor Lito Atienza against chief rival
Alfredo Lim. The other protest case scheduled to be filed today, the last day for filing, by losing LP vice presidential bet
Mar Roxas before the Presidential Electoral Tribunal is against
Vice President Jejomar Binay. While the Atienza case is strictly local, it acquires a national significance because it involves the capital city.
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Atienza asserts that given the support of the
Iglesia and
El Shaddai, plus the popularity of
former President Estrada under whose banner he ran, he would come out clearly the winner if the ballots of Manila were to be opened. The
Comelec has approved his petition to this effect but Lim has filed a motion for reconsideration.
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The case of
Mar Roxas, which is being handled by lawyers of “The Firm,” has taken some time since the press conference a month ago, during which LP campaign manager
Butch Abad and lawyer
Joey Tenefrancia graphically detailed how all the “null votes” strangely got concentrated in Mar’s bailiwicks. In fact I thought Roxas wouldn’t file anymore and just sit out the one-year prescription period against an executive appointment, in the meantime continuing to act as de facto chief adviser of
President Aquino until he could get back the Department of Trade post he held in the Estrada and Arroyo governments. .....
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