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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.
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. 
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. ..... MORESource: Political Tidbits
URL: http://polbits.blogspot.com/2010/07/protest-cases-to-be-watched.html
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