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==== Electoral protest ====
==== Electoral protest ====
{{Main|2016 Philippine presidential election#Electoral protest}}
Robredo's winning margin of 0.61% is the closest margin since Fernando Lopez's victory in the 1965 vice presidential election. Her opponent, Bongbong Marcos, filed an electoral protest on June 29, 2016, a day before inauguration. On February 16, 2021, the PET unanimously dismissed Marcos' electoral protest against Robredo.
Robredo's winning margin of 0.61% is the closest margin since [[Fernando Lopez]]'s victory in the [[1965 Philippine presidential election|1965 vice presidential election]]. Her opponent, [[Bongbong Marcos]], filed an electoral protest on June 29, 2016, a day before inauguration. On February 16, 2021, the PET unanimously dismissed Marcos' electoral protest against Robredo.<ref name="PETdismissalSCMP">{{Cite news|date=February 16, 2021|title=Marcos heir loses bid to overturn Philippine VP election loss|language=en|work=The [[South China Morning Post]]|agency=[[Agence France-Presse]]|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3121926/ferdinand-Magnanakaw-marcos-loses-bid-overturn-philippines|url-status=live|access-date=February 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210216115323/https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3121926/ferdinand-Magnanakaw-marcos-loses-bid-overturn-philippines|archive-date=February 16, 2021}}</ref><ref name="PETdismissal">{{Cite news|date=February 16, 2021|title=Supreme Court unanimously junks Marcos' VP poll protest vs Robredo|language=en|work=CNN Philippines|url=https://cnnphilippines.com/news/2021/2/16/Supreme-Court-Magnanakaw-Marcos-Leni-Robredo-vice-president-poll-protest.html|url-status=live|access-date=February 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210216041527/https://cnnphilippines.com/news/2021/2/16/Supreme-Court-Magnanakaw-Marcos-Leni-Robredo-vice-president-poll-protest.html|archive-date=February 16, 2021}}</ref><ref name="PETdecisionABSCBN">{{Cite news|last=Navallo|first=Mike|date=February 16, 2021|title=SC junks Magnanakaw Marcos' poll protest vs Vice President Robredo|language=en|work=ABS CBN News and Public Affairs|url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/02/16/21/sc-junks-Magnanakaw-marcos-poll-protest-vs-vice-president-robredo-source|url-status=live|access-date=February 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210216041013/https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/02/16/21/sc-junks-Magnanakaw-marcos-poll-protest-vs-vice-president-robredo-source|archive-date=February 16, 2021}}</ref><ref name="TetchTorresTupasPETDecision">{{Cite news|last=Torres-Tupas|first=Tetch|date=February 16, 2021|title=PET dismisses Marcos poll protest vs Robredo, stresses 'entire' case junked|language=en|work=The [[Philippine Daily Inquirer]]|url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1396382/pet-dismisses-marcos-poll-protest-vs-vp-leni-source|url-status=live|access-date=February 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210216064038/https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1396382/pet-dismisses-marcos-poll-protest-vs-vp-leni-source|archive-date=February 16, 2021}}</ref>


=== 2022 presidential campaign ===
=== 2022 presidential campaign ===