No comeback: Marcos, seen here with his wife Louise, had claimed he was cheated out of a win in the 2016 polls. — Reuters
THE Philippine Supreme Court has dismissed an election protest by the son of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos, thwarting his attempt to overturn his narrow defeat in the 2016 vice-presidential elections in what could have been a stunning political comeback.
The 15-member court, which voted as an electoral tribunal, unanimously junked the protest filed by Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr after he lost to opposition leader Leni Robredo in the vice-presidential race and claimed that he was cheated, court spokesperson Brian Hosaka said at a news briefing yesterday.
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