IF we look at the results of the recent elections, both at the local and national level, I can’t help but see a tiny glimpse of hope budding up.
That is if we have to believe the analysis of the press of the circumstances surrounding these results. We are witnessing an upsurge trend of protest votes not only against GMA, but also against the system as a whole.
If for that alone, there is reason to begin investing our hopes on better politics ahead…
May 26th, 2007 at 2:42 am
Saturday, May 26, 2007
Palace hits Pimentels over ‘unfounded’ accusations of fraud
ADMINISTRATION officials on Friday accused Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr. and his son, Genuine Opposition (GO) senatorial candidate Aquilino III, of conditioning the minds of the public that they were cheated off their possible victory in the elections by threatening to file criminal charges following alleged election sabotage and election fraud.
Chief Presidential Legal Counsel and Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (CMD) spokesman Sergio Antonio Apostol said the threat of Aquilino Jr. to file the charges is aimed at saving face in case Aquilino III loses.
*****************
Fr: Salina.
Now, That they get catch they still not admitting it. To the opposition ilabas ang avidence at bitayin silang lahat.
May 26th, 2007 at 2:35 am
Samantala, kabado ang mga militanteng grupo sa presensya nina dating ret. Gen. Jovito Palparan at dating Philippine National Police (PNP) director general Arturo Lomibao sa special election sa Lanao.
Ayon kay Bayan Muna party-list Rep. Satur Ocampo, ang presensya nina Palparan at Lomibao sa nasabing lalawigan ay kaduda-duda dahil mistulang may misyon ang mga ito na ginagampanan.
“In the first place, what the hell is Palparan doing in Lanao? The people there are already terrorized by warlords. They don’t need a berdugo to terrorize them some more into voting for GMA’s candidates,” ayon naman kay Bayan Muna party-list Rep. Teddy Casiño.
******************
Tama lang na mag worried kayo, Kasi ang dalawang ito ay kawatan. sila mismo ang ng nakaw ng mga boto para lang mapinalo ang Bugos President of cebu. Bitayin silang lahat.
May 26th, 2007 at 2:26 am
Hanggang kahapon ay tikom ang bibig ng palasyo kung ano ang tunay na misyon nina dating Philippine National Police (PNP) chief retired Gen. Arturo Lomibao at retired military Gen. Jovito Palparan sa Lanao del Sur special elections ngayong araw. Ang dalawa ay ipinadala ng Commission on Elections (Comelec) upang mag-monitor sa seguridad ng naturang espesyal na eleksyon.
Sa panig nina PNP chief Director General Oscar Calderon at AFP chief of staff Gen. Hermogenes Esperon, hindi ‘official function’ ang lakad ng dalawang retiradong opisyal at naniniwala ang dalawa (Calderon at Esperon) na naroroon lamang ang dalawa upang mag-obserba at hindi upang mandaya o magmaniobra ng boto pabor sa Team Unity (TU) ng administrasyong Arroyo.
Bagama’t aminado ang mga election watchdogs na National Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) at Legal Network for Truthful Elections (Lente) na wala silang magagawa sa desisyon ng Comelec na i-deputize sina Palparan at Lomibao, tiniyak ng mga ito na tututukan nila ang gagawing special elections sa lalawigan ngayong araw upang masigurong hindi ito mamamanipula para sa interes ninuman.
Kahapon ay sinabi ni Namfrel secretary general Eric Alvia na kritikal ang eleksyon ngayon sa Lanao del Sur dahil, “It can make or break a candidate from the 9th position down to the 12th slot.”
Bilang bahagi naman ng pagpapanatili ng kaayusan sa special polls ngayon sa lalawigan, itinaas ang antas ng seguridad dito laban sa mga banta ng terorismo at mga pagtatangkang guluhin ito.
Mula sa AFP, nilinaw kahapon ni PIO chief Lt. Col. Bartolome Bacarro na tanging seguridad lamang ng halalan ang magiging pangunahing papel ng mga sundalo sa eleksyon ngayon sa Lanao base na rin sa ibinabang direktiba sa kanila ng Comelec. (Rose Miranda/Tina Mendoza/Al Jacinto/Nilo Marasigan
*************
Fr: Salina.
If they really want clean election Eh bakit si Palparan/Esperon and pinadala doon. Ang ibig sabihin kaya sila ang pinadala doon para ang tao ay matakot.
If we remember on May 10, 2004. Presidential election these two are one of the people who do the cheating operation for Gloria Arroyo, To ensure her winning. Talagang walahiya itong Bugos President of cebu. Bitayan silang lahat.
May 25th, 2007 at 11:03 pm
its always been bad whenever we have elections in the philippines kaya walang asenso ang bansa. like in olongapo nandaya na naman ang mga gordon sa una lamang si paulino tapos pinatay nila ang ilaw pagsindi lamang na si gordon. yung comelec chairman sa olongapo walang sinabi kasi tuta ng gordon yan. ang mga gordon hindi nila bibitawan ang olongapo kasi marami silang nakukurakot!!!
May 25th, 2007 at 7:57 pm
What protest vote? If the people really wanted GMA removed, they could have easily voted all opposition candidates in the local level.
Do not forget that impeachment is initiated in the Lower House and not the Senate. What will the preponderance of opposition senators do good to the country? They can whine, whine and whine but GMA remains the President. What will be the victim? The country and the people at large.
What the results in the recent election point to is the continued stalemate in the legislature. The victim is the legislative agenda of the Administration for the next 3 years. Maybe, we will be seeing a re-enacted budget year in and year out until 2010. And we expect movement in the economy?
The problem is we dwell too much on GMA when all she’s got is 3 years and she’s gone. We want to punish GMA not knowing that by being too personal, it is not GMA who is the victim but our country.
What? Electorate has become discerning? Come on. Come 2010 when at least 3 of the GO senators will run for the presidency and tear one another apart, we will see the same spectacle of voters selling their votes, candiates out-spending one another.
The problem is not GMA but the system and the people. We are quick to blame others specially GMA but we forget that as citizens, we are even worse. Just look at the streets everyday how we as a race behave.