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The introduction of semi-automatic ballot-counting technology used in the general election however suffered from a number of technical and procedural problems. Civil society group CenPEG and minor party All Filipino Democratic Movement (KAAKBAY), amongst others, questioned the constitutionality of the election and its safety against electoral fraud or cheating.
In their Supreme Court petition, the petitioners claimed that it was simply impossible for the vote-counting machines (VCMs) to have counted within one hour—and transmitted to the transparency servers within that same amount of time—the over 20 million votes already reported at 8 p.m., implying that the results were rigged or preloaded into ...
On May 16 and 17, 2022, respectively, two post-election petitions to deem Bongbong Marcos disqualified and declare void ab initio his certificate of candidacy in the 2022 Philippine presidential election were filed with the Supreme Court of the Philippines.
Claiming the votes in Maguindanao were tainted, [4] Pimentel petitioned the Philippine Supreme Court to invalidate the votes from Maguindanao, effectively disenfranchising a whole province. The Supreme Court voted unanimously 14–0 against Pimentel and allowed the COMELEC to count the votes in Zubiri's favor.
In April 2015, the counting machines were leased from London-based Smartmatic after the Supreme Court of the Philippines invalidated the 300 million-peso contract between the Commission and the Smartmatic-TIM consortium for diagnostics and repair of 80,000 Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) machines. The court said that the commission "failed ...
As with the other cases, the Supreme Court condensed all the cases to one case. The court ruled on April 21, 2009, that the 2% election threshold unconstitutional, and stipulated that for every four legislative districts created, one seat for sectoral representatives should be created; this thereby increased the sectoral seats in the 14th ...
Same as composition of the Supreme Court: Authorized by: Constitution of the Philippines: Judge term length: No fixed term (retirement at the age 70) Number of positions: 15: Annual budget ₱144.92 million (2020) [1] Website: sc.judiciary.gov.ph: Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines; Currently: Alexander Gesmundo: Since: April ...
One of the primary issues that Poe faced during the campaign period were three disqualification cases filed before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) by attorneys Maria Jeanette C. Tecson, Zoilo Antonio Velez and Victorino X. Fornier. These cases were subsequently consolidated and elevated to the Supreme Court. [6]