ALL the Commissioner [Commission on Elections Chairman Benjamin Abalos] needs is political will and the Magsaysay no-nonsense, to-hell-with-niceties attitude… and above all, a little common sense.

All he has to do is cancel all gun permits — absolutely all, not even handguns for candidates and bodyguards.

Replace the entire PNP [Philippine National Police] and AFP [Armed Forces of the Philippines] elements in Abra and replace them with new PMA [Philippine Military Academy] graduates as officers with their handpicked men, all without anything to do with Abra, no relatives, no in-laws, preferably from Visayas or Mindanao or from the Tagalog area or Bicol in Luzon. Then enforce the law without fear or favor or politics and throw the book at everybody.

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IF ever there is a thorough investigation of the fire at the Commission on Elections, the findings will point to one direction: That it was not arson.

It was a highly suspicious fire that gutted the inventory of vital election documents, which of course was the target.

But, the officers-on-case will not compromise their positions, find the truth, and be roasted.

– NAP DE LA TORRE, 15A Elderberry Road, Burswood Estate Pakuranga, Auckland, New Zealand (via e-mail)

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