By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
Brillantes cannot just hold another fully automated elections even without banishing “the ghosts and weaknesses” of previous elections, particularly that of the 2010 automated elections. “He must come up with a comprehensive report at the soonest time possible, lest he be accused of merely sweeping under the rug all those cases of poll irregularities,” said We Watch, a watchdog.
The right to public information suffered with Comelec’s lack of transparency. The poll body failed – and continues to fail – to meet the transparency requirements of the election system by its intransigent and unexplained refusal to deny citizens’ groups access to vital election documents. Its lack of transparency left majority of the electorate misinformed…
It would be interesting to see how Aquino III will be able to transcend his class background and political orientation. In Philippine politics, promises are bound to be broken unless elected leaders begin to walk the talk. By the Policy Study, Publication, and Advocacy Center for People Empowerment in Governance (CenPEG) Posted by Bulatlat.com Something…
By MARYA SALAMAT
Given the peoples’ worsening jobs situation and income gap under Arroyo, malnutrition, diseases and accidents caused by poverty plague many poor communities.
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
Same old names, same old problems dominated the May 2010 elections, but there is reason to hope in the determination voters and teachers showed to make it work.
News Release June 16, 2010 The party-list group Batang Iwas Droga (BIDA), founded by former Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (Pagcor) chief Efraim Genuino and which fielded Genuino’s daughter Sheryl Genuino-See as its first nominee during the May elections, received funds from the government gaming agency, documents show. This, the anti-fraud group Kontra Daya said,…
By ANNE EDNALYN V. DE LA CRUZ
Poll Violations, Irregularities, Violence in Lanao Special Elections
The very same reasons that caused a failure of elections in Lanao del Sur remain unresolved even with the June 3 special elections.
PRESS STATEMENT June 9, 2010 On the occasion of the proclamation of President Benigno Aquino III and Vice-President Jejomar Binay, the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan joins the collective aspiration of the Filipino people that the new government will be a departure from the failed regime of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. There are high public expectations for the…
By ANNE EDNALYN V. DE LA CRUZ Bulatlat.com Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) Peace Panel Chairperson Mohagher Iqbal denied allegations that his group was involved in election-related violence in Lanao del Sur last May 10. “We denounce the allegation as entirely false and fabricated,” he said. “The MILF has a strict “hands-off policy” with regards…
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
The Commission on Elections constituting itself as a National Board of Canvassers for the senatorial and party-list elections has already proclaimed the 12 winning senators, but the winners in the party-list elections would have to wait until all election returns have been canvassed.
By GILL H. BOEHRINGER Bulatlat.com For many millions of Filipinos May 10 was a historic watershed. They voted for Noynoy Aquino, and the Aquino legacy as they understood it. Believing that corruption is the major problem that needs to be tackled by their next president, they turned to Noynoy, the clean-and-good, to deliver them from…