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(House Minority Leader Bienvenido Abante Jr.)
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House Minority Leader Bienvenido Abante Jr. said the speedy resolution of the protest would ensure a smooth transition of power in case President Rodrigo Duterte is incapacitated, following rumors that he is afflicted with cancer.
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<i>"There should be closure on that case,"</i> Abante said in Filipino, noting that the election protest remains unresolved after four years.
Abante also said there may be problems if Robredo succeeds the President with the election protest unresolved.
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Under the Constitution, the vice president assumes the presidency should the sitting president resign or die.
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Abante said the pendency of the poll protest against Robredo will definitely cause a huge problem to her ascendancy as the next president, in case Duterte dies or is incapacitated.
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Marcos filed the poll protest before the PET after Robredo was proclaimed the duly elected vice president in 2016 elections.
The election protest, which was inherited by Associate Justice Marvic Leonen from retired Associate Justice Alfredo Benjamin Caguiao last year, has not moved a bit since then, raising apprehension that PET would not be able to resolve it before the term of the vice president ends in two years.
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Minority Leader Bienvenido Abante urged PET to resolve Bongbong poll protest