The camp of Vice President Maria Leonor “Leni” Robredo has denied that she lost 21,000 votes in an ongoing vote recount, saying these votes were Robredo’s votes being contested by the camp of former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., who had filed a poll protest against the Vice President.

Lawyer Romulo Macalintal, the lead counsel for Robredo, was referring to news reports quoting supposed Supreme Court insiders that Robredo already lost 21,000 of her 263,473 vote winning margin against Marcos in the manual recount of votes.

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