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Casiño expresses thoughts as campaign nears end
Tags: may 2013 election
Politics, Philippine style
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com Local and congressional elections are just around the corner. The ruling coalition dubbed as Team Pnoy is aiming to win it big by bagging the clear majority, nay dominance, in the senatorial, lower house, and local elections. By the looks of it, by the sheer number of candidates contending political parties…
Massive cheating feared as Comelec summarily dismisses unresolved automated election problems
By MARYA SALAMAT
“Clearly, automation does not magically solve the issues perpetually hounding the conduct of the elections in the country. Instead, the AES even gives more room for doubt and electoral fraud.” – Kabataan Party-list
Use facts not gutter language, Comelec told
By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com MANILA — The Automated Election System Watch (AES Watch) refused “to go down to the level of arguments with the prominent use of gutter language by the head of a Constitutional body – Comelec Chairman Sixto Brillantes.” In a strongly worded statement, Bobby M. Tuazon, co-convener of AES Watch and director…
The trapo campaign has begun
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com Even before the campaign period started, the administration’s senatorial slate called Team PNoy has begun taking potshots at the opposition called Team UNA. Their opening salvo, which was led by no less than the president, seems to show how the administration would conduct its campaign. President Benigno Aquino III led the…