Summary of Cases on Election Related Fraud and Violence allegedly involving elements of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), the Philippine National Police (PNP) and private armed goons maintained by political warlords By the Monitoring, Documentation, and Quick Reaction ( MDQ ) Reports from Task Force Poll Watch (TFPW) Field Coordinators Period: May 14…
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Teachers: Working Like Beasts of Burden in Polls
Teachers are often said to be the heroes of every election season. This is because they are called on to do back-breaking, largely thankless work during the polls. Two teachers recount their experiences regarding the recently-concluded elections in this article. BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO BULATLAT ELECTION WATCH Vol. VII, No. 15, May 20-26, 2007 Tax…
Int’l Observers Hit Fraud, Military Intervention in Philippine Polls
BY DABET CASTAÑEDA Bulatlat ELECTION WATCH Vol. VII, No. 15 May 20-26, 2007 Just four days after the polls, Jubien Abrena, 25, poll watcher of Bayan Muna in Magara, Roxas in the province of Palawan, was abducted by the Naval Intelligence Security Group-Western Command at about 3 p.m. of May 18 near the Puerto Princesa…
In New Bataan, Canvassing Snags — From Threats to Blackouts
BY CHERYLL D. FIEL Davaotoday.com Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 15, May 20-26, 2007 DAVAO CITY — The canvassing of votes in New Bataan, Compostela Valley province, hit another snag when a congressional candidate filed a petition Wednesday seeking the transfer of the canvassing to another venue. Joselito B. Brilliantes, who is seeking a…
‘Credible Polls in N. Ecija Impossible’ – Foreign Observers
Outside the room in the narrow corridor, soldiers armed with M-16s watched as people peered through the glass window. An armored personnel carrier (APC), its machine guns aimed skyward, was parked at a corner facing the hall inside the compound. BY ABNER BOLOS Gitnang Luzon News Service (GLNS) Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 15…
Votes for partylists, Legarda said to have been shaved by 73% in massive election fraud in Philippines
BY DAVAOTODAY.COM Posted by Bulatlat ELECTION WATCH Vol. VII, No. 15, May 20-26, 2007 MANILA—Task Force Poll Watch, an anti-fraud and monitoring group formed by partylist groups, reported this morning massive vote-shaving in at least 10 provinces, resulting in 73 percent loss of votes for Bayan Muna, Anakpawis, Gabriela, Kabataan and Genuine Opposition senatorial candidate…
GMANews.tv: Philippines Failed to Redeem Self from 2004 Scandal – Int’l Observers
BY GMANews.tv Posted by Bulatlat ELECTION WATCH/BREAKING NEWS May 17, 2007 – 6:15pm The Philippine government failed to redeem itself from suspicions that it “benefited” from such illegal practices in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) in 2004 with rampant irregularities “allowed” in the region in the May 14 midterm polls. This was the…
Elections: A Critical View
Mrs. Arroyo and other reactionaries are bound to fail because they overestimate their own strength and underestimate the people’s intelligence, determination and capacity to take destiny in their own hands. By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo BusinessWorld Posted by Bulatlat Not a few friends and even fellow activists have asked whether the right thing to do in the…
Electoral Showdown
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has so polarized the country that one is either pro or anti, no in-betweens. The UNO senatorial candidates, in particular, and the anti-Arroyo movement, in general have their political differences, as the administration is wont to point out. But Arroyo has pushed them together against her. BY BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat The battle lines…