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PET fines Marcos, Robredo P50,000 each for violating gag order on electoral protest

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Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News

MANILA (UPDATE) - The Supreme Court (SC), sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET), has fined former Sen. Bongbong Marcos and Vice President Leni Robredo P50,000 each for violating a gag order pending the former&#x27;s electoral protest against the incumbent.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en">PET Action, June 26 | SC, as PET in Case no. 0005 (Marcos v Robredo), fines parties and counsels 50,000 pesos each for violation of subjudice rule.— Supreme Court PIO (@SCPh_PIO) <a href="https://twitter.com/SCPh_PIO/status/1011563966621876224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 26, 2018</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div>&quot;SC, as PET in Case no. 0005 (Marcos vs. Robredo), fines parties and counsels P50,000 pesos each for violation of sub judice rule,&quot; the high court said on its official Twitter account on Tuesday.The sub judice (under judgment) rule bars comments and disclosure of information on a case under litigation. In April, the PET ordered the camps of Robredo and Marcos to explain why they have disclosed &quot;sensitive&quot; information about the ongoing vote recount.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/12/18/pet-orders-marcos-robredo-to-explain-gag-order-violations">PET orders Marcos, Robredo to explain gag order violations</a></li></ul>&quot;Despite these stern directives of the Tribunal, several news reports have shown that the parties, their counsels and/or representatives, have nonetheless continued to disclose sensitive information regarding the revision process to the public, in clear violation of the aforementioned resolutions,&quot; it said.Marcos had claimed &quot;massive cheating&quot; behind his loss to Robredo in the 2016 vice-presidential race by some 260,000 votes, the closest in recent memory. The manual recount of votes began on March 19 covering Marcos’ three pilot provinces namely Camarines Sur, Iloilo, and Negros Oriental.On the first day of the vote recount, the former senator told reporters that some of the ballots were wet and that there were allegedly missing audit logs.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/02/18/marcos-some-ballots-wet-audit-logs-missing-in-robredo-stronghold">Marcos: Some ballots wet, audit logs missing in Robredo stronghold</a></li></ul>Both camps gave statements to the media on the matter in the days that followed.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/03/18/missing-or-misinformed-robredo-marcos-lawyers-disagree-on-audit-logs">Missing or misinformed? Robredo, Marcos lawyers disagree on audit logs</a></li></ul>

The Supreme Court, sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET), has fined former Sen. Bongbong Marcos and Vice President Leni Robredo P50,000 each for violating gag order on electoral protest case.

The Supreme Court, sitting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET), has fined former Sen. Bongbong Marcos and Vice President Leni Robredo P50,000 each for violating gag order on electoral protest case.

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PET fines Marcos, Robredo P50,000 each for violating gag order on electoral protest

Ina Reformina,

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Published Jun 26, 2018 07:21 PM PHT

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Updated Jun 26, 2018 08:36 PM PHT

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