Itong sina Benjamin Abalos, kasama ng lahat na commissioners ng Comelec at pilit pinapahirapan ang sarili, pati na rin ang taumbayan.
Ang pinakahuli nilang pakulo ay pupunta raw sila sa Maguindanao para hanapin ang nawawalang municipal certificates of canvass.Kalokohan. Katangahan.
Ang boto kasi sa Maguindanao ang magpapasiya kung sino ang magiging pang number 12 na nanalo sa pagka-senador na pinagaagawan ngayon nina Koko Pimentel ng Genuine Opposition at Migs Zubiri ng Team Unity.
by Gilbert Bayoran
Malaya
Bacolod City — The Army’s 3rd Infantry Division with troops stationed in Negros, Panay, Cebu and Bohol on Monday congratulated mutiny leader and Antonio Trillanes IV on his election as senator.
“The 3rd Infantry (Spearhead) Division, Philippine Army under the command of Maj. Gen. Jovenal D. Narcise pass on good wishes to Senator-elect Antonio Trillanes IV (for his) proclamation. We … are hopeful that the AFP bills unrealized in the 13th Congress will be studied for his and other senators’ consideration,” Lt. Col. David Tan, spokesman of the 3rd ID, said in a statement titled “3ID, cheerful for Trillanes victory.”
Tan said the statement reflected Narcise’s sentiment.
A military lawyer today said the Armed Forces might not allow newly proclaimed senator Antonio Trillanes IV, a former Navy officer who was among those who led the short-lived Oakwood mutiny, to attend sessions in the Senate.
Lt. Col. Jose Feliciano Loi said under the military justice system, detainees cannot leave their place of confinement.
Trillanes, who is detained at the Marines headquarters in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City for the mutiny, is charged under the Articles of War, specifically for violation of Article 96 or conduct unbecoming an officer.
Pinipilit kong intindihin si AFP Chief Hermogenes Esperon sa kanyang pikon na pananaw sa pagkapanalo ni Lt(sg) Antonio Trillanes IV sa pagka-senador.
Napanood ko sa TV noong Biyernes ng gabin ang reaksyon niya sa pinakahihintay ng bayan na proklamasyon ni Trillanes bilang senador. Hindi maitago ni Esperon ang kanyang inis.
Sa halip na makinig sa boses ng 11 milyon na Pilipino na bumoto kay Trillanes, ang mga balakid pa rin ang kanyang pinagsasabi ni Esperon. Porke’t sinasabi raw ng Articles of War ito at ito.
I covered Sandiganbayan’s penultimate trial of plunder angaist former President Estrada. I missed the proclamation of Sonny Trillanes. But I visited him late afternoon. They had a salo-salo at the detention center. Everybody’s happy.
People close to him said as early as 8 a.m. he was ready. They were all irked when told that he couldn’t leave because of additional requiremnts being imposed by Esperon. Hurried calls were made.Later, since there was nothing that Esperon could do anymore to prevent his proclamation, his guard was instructed to handcuff him in both hands instead of the usual practice of handcuffing his one hand to the security escort.
Let’s not forget that there is still Koko Pimentel of the Genuine Opposition fighting with Migz Zubiri of Team Unity for the last slot in the senatorial race.
Pimentel leads Zubiri by 111,561 votes.
How the Comelec will decide the problem in Maguindanao will decide the fate of Pimentel and Zubiri. Maguindanao has a little over 212,000 registered voters (The 337,044 Comelec uses is the registered voters before Shariff Kabunsuan was created as a subprovince from Maguindanao).
It’s a busy morning for journalists today.
Today at 10:30 a.m., Antonio Trillanes IV, who ran for senator under the Genuine Opposition will be proclaimed winner in the May 14 elections.
To say that this is sweet victory for the detained Navy officer (he was deemed resigned from military service when he filed his certificate of candidacy last February) is an understatement. It’s a classic example of triumph over overwhelming odds. It’s inspiring. It’s redeeming.
The Commission on Election has announced that Antonio Trillanes IV will be proclaimed a winner in the senatorial race in the may 14, 2007 elections…
Retired Lt. Gen. Raul Urgello of Bantay-Boto electoral watchdog warned of a “decapitated Armed Forces” if Antonio Trillanes IV, detained senatorial candidate of the Genuine…
Anong drama naman nitong si Comelec Commissioner Rene Sarmiento na pai-imbistigahan raw niya ang mga opisyal ng Comelec na sangkot sa Hello Garci operation nong 2004 election?
Sabi ni Sarmiento, “Kung may bahid sila ng kanilang asosasyon kay Garci, kailangan humarap sila sa imbestigasyon.”
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