A look at the election outcome in some of the political turfs would show whether the geopolitical balance of power has changed without necessarily shaking the infrastructures of political dynasties in those areas. By the Policy Study, Publication and Advocacy (PSPA) Center for People Empowerment in Governance (CenPEG) Posted by Bulatlat ELECTION WATCH Vol. VII,…
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Thousands Protest Poll Fraud near PICC
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat Breaking News / Election Watch May 23, 2007 – 7:36pm Thousands braved strong rains and rallied this afternoon near the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC), where the national canvassing of votes is being held, to protest what was described as “the Arroyo administration’s orchestrated cheating” in the recently-concluded senatorial and…
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…
International Observers Rebut AFP Excuse for Delaying Them
BY KAREN PAPELLERO Bulatlat ELECTION WATCH/ BREAKING NEWS May 17, 2007 – 11:14 p.m. “How can we harass them when they have the guns?” “They delayed our trip and hindered us from reaching the areas where we want to observe the elections. Instead of aiding us in this undertaking, which is even welcomed by the…
2 Kabataan Poll Watchers Abducted, Killed in Bicol
BY AUBREY SC MAKILAN Bulatlat ELECTION WATCH/BREAKING NEWS May 18, 2007 – 2:59pm Two poll watchers for the Kabataan Party-list were abducted and killed in Capalonga, Camarines Norte. Based on the party’s press release, Jun Bagasbas, 20, of Ulipanan Jose Panganiban, and Ronilo Vallevare, 16, of Brgy. Old Camp Capalonga, both Kabataan organizers and poll…
Elections as Farce and as Protest
The farcical nature of the electoral process in this country has been laid bare, much worse than even our most dire predictions. BY CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO STREETWISE / BUSINESS WORLD* POSTED BY BULATLAT Vol. VII, No. 15 May 20-26, 2007 After the May 14 elections, are we any closer to the democratic society that our grade-school…
Elections in the Philippines: Illusion of Democracy?
The closing of voting precincts sees the end only of the first salvo of election cheating with the wholesale manufacturing of the eventual outcome still to come. The problem, however, with the Philippine electoral exercise is much deeper. BY SONNY AFRICA IBON Foundation Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 15 May 20-26, 2007 No one…
4 More Poll Watchers, Activists Slain; another Missing
Four more persons – two of them young poll watchers – were killed while another poll watcher went missing in the week of the elections. BY BULATLAT ELECTION/HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Vol. VII, No. 15 May 20-26, 2007 Four more persons – two of them young poll watchers – were killed while another poll watcher went…
Voters’ Turnout Lowest in Years?
This year’s elections could have the lowest voters’ turnout in recent years, given the 77-percent turnout in 2004 and 85 percent in 2001 BY THE CENTER FOR PEOPLE EMPOWERMENT IN GOVERNANCE (CenPEG) Posted by Bulatlat ELECTION WATCH/ANALYSIS Vol. VII, No. 15 May 20-26, 2007 The voters’ turnout in the May 14 mid-term elections could be…
In the Eyes of a First-Time Voter
My first day as a voter went smoothly. Though there were many unprecedented events that happened later on, I was just relieved that I was able to vote without any worries. BY MAC BRYAN N. BAUTISTA BULATLAT ELECTION WATCH Vol. VII, No. 15 May 20-26, 2007 It’s been a few days since the end of…