Former representative to CJ Sereno: "Not acting on electoral protest is not giving justice to the people"

Lawyer by profession, Liberal party member and a previous representative of the lone district Biliran Atty. Glenn Chong reminds Chief Justice Maria Sereno of the pending electoral case between incumbent Vice-President Leni Robredo and challenger Bongbong Marcos as an indicator of the Chief Justice’ apparent negligence, and hypocrisy for calling herself as a “pro-people” yet not speeding up a case that will affect millions of Filipinos.

Back 2016, Bongbong Marcos challenged the win of current Vice-president, Leni Robredo, for allegedly committing the tampering in the electoral process of the election.

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The case was recently accepted in the Supreme Court but until now, it has remained stagnant.

Glenn Chong through a Facebook post calls this prolonged period of the case us a product of deliberate negligence and an action that questions the chief magistrate’s claims of reforming the judiciary.

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He claimed that the case an important case to the nation, and action was needed to be done immediately.

"Ang malaking duda sa posisyon ng Vice-President ay hindi lamang nagmula sa paratang ng kampo ni BBM. Dahil sa ginawang illegal na pagkalikot ng automated election system ng Smartmatic na siyang nagpatakbo at kumuntrol ng halalan na nabuking, nakita at naintindihan ng madla, pumatak sa isipan ng sambayanan ang ginawang dayaan," he said.

“Kung kayo po ay naninindigan para sa tao at bayan, paano po natin i-reconcile ang sinabi ninyo sa ginagawa ngayon ng korte ninyo? Kung may duda ang sambayanan sa resulta ng halalan sa Vice-President, isa lang ang ibig sabihin ng “paninindigan para sa tao at bayan” – madaliin at tapusin agad ang protesta upang mawala ang duda. Sa ganitong paraan lamang magwawagi ang tao at bayan.” he added.

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He further added:; “Kung kayo po ay itinalaga bilang Chief Justice upang “masiguro ang hustisya… at maipatupad ang patuloy na reporma sa hudikatura,” masasabi po ba natin na ang nangyayari ngayon sa protesta ay hustisya at reporma sa hudikatura? Habang nakabinbin ang protesta, hindi po ito hustisya para kay BBM at hindi rin po ito hustisya para kay Robredo. At kung walang nangyayari sa protesta, mas lalo pa pong hindi ito reporma sa hudikatura.”

The Facebook post ended with Chong reminding the chief magistrate of reflecting her claims of standing for people with the actions that she espouses as the Chief Justice.

"Sana po, Madame Chief Justice, ipakita po ninyo sa aming lahat ang totoong paninindigan sa tao at bayan," Chong said.

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Source: Faceboook