PDP-Laban files SC petition for manual senatorial vote recount
The PDP-Laban party filed a petition with the Supreme Court on Monday to request a manual recount of senatorial votes from the May 12, 2025 elections.
Lawyer Israelito Torreon, representing PDP-Laban's National Vice Chairman Alfonso Cusi and Senatorial candidate Jimmy Bondoc, submitted a motion for leave to file a supplemental petition for mandamus citing irregularities such as mismatches between actual ballots and voter receipts, and over 17 million excluded senatorial votes.
The party cited Republic Act No. 9369 and Batas Pambansa Blg. 881 as legal grounds for the recount request.
Vice President Sara Duterte alleged fraud in the elections and urged PDP-Laban to question how the counting process was done, while Commission on Elections Chairman George Erwin Garcia welcomed the move of PDP-Laban, stating that they will await the Supreme Court's decision.
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