Immediately after the polls closed on May 14, Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chair Benjamin Abalos Sr. and Philippine National Police (PNP) Director General Oscar Calderon declared the elections as relatively clean and peaceful. The declaration was made amid the election-related violence, which claimed more candidate’s lives, the spate of political killings and harassments targeting members…
Day: May 21, 2007
Cotabato Bombing Part of Electoral Fraud Plan – InPeace
BY BULATLAT ELECTION WATCH/ BREAKING NEWS May 21, 2007 – 12:20pm A lawyer and convenor of the multi-sectoral group the Initiatives for Peace in Mindanao (InPeace), Beverly Selim-Musni, pointed to the Macapagal-Arroyo government as being behind the bombing which hit the Weena Bus Terminal in Cotabato City last May 18, 11 a.m. Two children were…
Kontra Daya: Next Congress Should Impeach Abalos
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat Breaking News / Election Watch May 21, 2007 – 2:41pm The poll monitoring group Kontra Daya (Anti-Fraud) has called on the next Congress to impeach Commission on Elections (Comelec) chairman Benjamin Abalos for what it described as the “questionable, tainted” character of the recently-concluded senatorial and local elections. Kontra Daya…
Poll Watcher Exposes Vote Padding for Palace-Sponsored Party-List
BY DABET CASTAÑEDA Bulatlat Posted May 21, 2007, 7:10 p.m. Kabataan (Youth) Party-list poll watcher Daniel Cleofas Jr. today told the media he witnessed the tampering of votes in at least seven precincts in Caloocan. Cleofas said the padding of votes was done in favor of the party-list group Kasangga which is allegedly sponsored by…