Defeated vice presidential candidate Senator Manuel "Mar" Roxas II will need some P35 million when he files his election protest, lawyer Romulo Macalintal said during a forum Wednesday morning.
Macalintal, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s former election lawyer, said opening the ballots—from three regions pinpointed by the Roxas camp—alone will cost P30 million and does not include other expenses, such as retrieving the ballots.
He said Roxas would also need to rent the precinct count optical (PCOS) machines all over again to authenticate such ballots since the contract of Comelec with Smartmatic will expire on December.
Roxas last week said he could not turn his back on the millions who voted for him and has instructed his lawyers to gather evidence and prepare for a possible filing of an electoral protest after he lost the vice-presidential race to Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay.
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