Roxas: Manual count, forensic test; Binay: Pay P166M first
By Benjamin B. Pulta 10/01/2010The camp of former Sen. and losing Liberal Party (LP) vice presidential candidate Manuel “Mar” Roxas says a forensic test of the machines and manual count of all the ballots from 300,000 precincts all over the country should be done, to check whether there was electoral fraud during the last presidential automated elections, where the Precinct Count Optical Scan machines, found in many instances to be defective, were used.
But Vice President Jejomar Binay and his lawyer countered this claim, saying that Roxas should be required to put up a deposit of some P166 million for the manual count in all the precincts Roxas claims he had been cheated.
The lawyers of Roxas said they will insist on the conduct of forensic analysis of all the votes cast for the vice presidency in the May synchronized automated national and local elections, particularly the votes garnered by Roxas and Binay.
In an interview with members of the media yesterday, Roxas’ legal counsel Joey Tenefrancia said his client will not allow the case to push through without the appropriate analysis of all the votes cast for the vice presidential candidates in the May 10, 2010 elections..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
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