HRET dismisses poll protest vs Nueva Vizcaya lawmaker
>> Wednesday, February 20, 2019
SOLANA, Nueva Vizcaya —
The House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal (HRET) has declared as final
and executory the dismissal of the election protest filed against Nueva Vizcaya
lone district Rep. Luisa Banti Cuaresma.
In a letter sent to the
lawyers of Cuaresma and Ruth Padilla, who filed the protest, HRET secretary
Girlie Salarda said the decision was recorded in the entry of judgment of the
tribunal last Jan. 29.
“Because... (Padilla)
failed to overcome the winning margin of... (Cuaresma) after revision and
appreciation of ballots were conducted in all the protested clustered
precincts, the instant election protest is dismissed without further
proceedings,” the decision read.
The HRET said no award
of damages would be granted to Cuaresma “for failure to prove the nature, character
and amount of damages incurred directly attributable to the protestant as a
result of filing a demurrer of evidence.”
The HRET had earlier
dismissed the motion for reconsideration filed by Padilla’s lawyers, Romulo
Macalintal, Antonio Carlos Bautista and Ma. Jinel Macalintal-Bautista, for lack
of merit.
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