VICE PRESIDENT Maria Leonor G. Robredo has asked the Supreme Court to give her a copy of the results of the ballot recount in three provinces where massive cheating allegedly took place in the 2016 elections.

In a pleading, Ms. Robredo cited speculations about the recount and how the court, acting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET), had acted on the report submitted by Justice Alfredo Benjamin S. Caguioa.

Former Senator Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. filed an electoral protest against Ms. Robredo, who is halfway through her term.

The vice president said the court should give the parties a copy of the recount results “if only to put to rest the speculations in the greater interest of transparency.”

“This will put to rest any apprehensions the parties entertain as a result of the speculations being reported in various media outlets,” she added.

Ms. Robredo said the motion was not meant to delay the case.

Chief Justice Lucas P. Bersamin last week belied a newspaper column that Mr. Marcos had won the case, saying the magistrates had yet to vote on the protest. A Philippine Star column claimed the court had voted 8-6 in favor of Mr. Marcos.

In a statement, Victor D. Rodriguez, Mr. Marcos’s spokesman, said Ms. Robredo’s supporters had gathered in front of the Supreme Court building in Manila “in such a celebratory mood and proclaiming victory complete with leaflets depicting figures alleged to have been sourced from a draft decision” as early as Sept. 10.

“Mrs. Robredo and her cabal should refrain from making a mockery of the legal process,” he said. — Vann Marlo M. Villegas

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