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Hindi solusyon ang pagshortcut ng batas

Published by Ellen on July 20, 2009

Gusto ko talaga na magiging automated o computerized na ang eleksyon sa 2010 para mabawasan ang dayaan.

Sa bilangan kasi ang malakihang dayaan. Kaya kapag hindi manual (yung tao ang magbibilang), naniniwala ako na mababawasan ang dayaan.

Dapat masaya tayo na naayos kontrata ng Smartmatic-TIM at Comelec at tuloy-tuloy na ang computerized election. Kaya lang, mukhang maraming nakatagong mga hindi kanais-nais itong kontrata na ngayon lang lumalabas.Kapag kwestyunable ang kumpanya, medyo nakakatakot sa laki at napaka-importante ng kontratang ito.

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Worse than 2004?

Published by Ellen on July 2, 2009
Grace Poe, Gus Lagman, Ichu Maceda,and Harry Roque
Grace Poe, Gus Lagman, Ichu Maceda,and Harry Roque

Marichu Maceda shared with members of media a “shocking” conversation with her eight-year old grandson, Max, to underscore how Gloria Arroyo’s cheating of the 2004 elections has destroyed our concept of elections as a tool for good governance and an expression of democracy.

Manay Ichu said Max asked her how to contact “Garci”, former Comelec Commissioner Virgilio Garcillano because he wants him to transfer one million votes to his Lola Gina de Venecia, who will be running as representative for the fourth district of Pangasinan.

Aghast, Manay Ichu said she had to lecture Max on the evils of cheating and the punishment that comes with violating the law and displeasing God. Max, she said, was baffled and asked, “Why is Gloria Arroyo not punished?’

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Sabotahe ng kasakiman

Published by Ellen on July 1, 2009

Hindi pa malinaw ang lahat ngunit mukhang sinasabotahe ng kasakiman ng mga nasa kapangyarihan ang computerization of 2010 na eleksyon.

Nabahala ang marami noong Lunes ng sinabi ni Comelec Chair Jose Melo na umatras ang Total Information Management, ang Filipino na partner ng Smartmatic Corp, ang nanalo na kumpanya na taga Barbados sa $7.2 bilyon na kontrata para magiging computerized ang bilangan sa eleksyon simula sa 2010.

Iba-iba ang lumalabas na dahilan. Isa dyan ang pagpipilit ng TIM na sila ang may kontrol ng operasyon dahil sila ang mas may malaking share ayun sa ating Constitution na 60 per cent ang sa Pilipino at 40 ang sa mga banyaga.

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Smartmatic-TIM: Control of P7B triggered rift

Published by Ellen on June 30, 2009

From Malaya:

‘Mr. X’ wanted piece of the action

Final control by Smartmatic Corp., the foreign partner in the election computerization project of the Commission on Elections, of how the contracted P7.2 billion cost of the project will be spent is the reason Total Information Management, the Filipino partner, decided to dump the partnership.

TIM rejected the proposal of Smartmatic, saying this was contrary to the nature of a joint venture and “would expose it to possible violations of Philippine laws.”

TIM’s fear of exposure to “possible violation of Philippine laws,” sources familiar with the deal said, was prompted by the entry of a person with the highest political connections into the deal as a “carried” partner.”

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Kahit pumalya ang eleksyon, hindi pa rin pwede si GMA

Published by Ellen on June 24, 2009

Kahit anong emrgency na sitwasyon ang mangyari, bumaha man o kung ano man, hindi pwedeng hindi bababa si Gloria Arroyo sa Malacañang paglampas ng 12 ng hapon ng Hunyo 30, 2010, sabi ng eksperto sa Constitution na si Edwin Lacierda.

“Come hell or high water, Gloria arroyo cannot be caretaker president when her term ends noon of June 30, 2010,” sabi ni Lacierda sa programang “Strictly Politics” ni Pia Hontiveros sa ANC kung saan pinag-usapan ang kinatatakutan na failure of elections sa May 10, 2010.

Dati kasi pinapalutang ni National Security Adviser Norberto Gonzales ang ideya na “caretaker” president daw si Arroyo hanggang magkaroon ng bagong president? Hindi na nakuntento sa siyam na taon sa Malacañang, ang pinakamahaba na pag-upo ng isang presidente na hindi naman binoto ng taumbayan (maliban kay Ferdinand Marcos).

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Villar, Honasan, Trillanes, Lim at a wedding

Published by Ellen on June 20, 2009

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by Tarra Quismundo
Philippine Daily Inquirer

A presidential aspirant, two military rebels elected senators and a jailed Army general hoping to follow suit: Could this foreshadow what is to come in 2010?

Known presidential hopeful Senator Manuel Villar, Senators Gregorio Honasan and Antonio Trillanes IV, and jailed Brig. Gen. Danilo Lim were seen in a rare gathering on Saturday, when they attended the wedding of Trillanes’ brother Jay.

And when someone joked they were together to hatch a plot as they posed together for pictures, Trillanes, the youngest of the group, answered with a smile: “May pinaplano para sa mabuti [We’re planning for something good].”

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June 10, 5 pm on Ayala Avenue

Published by Ellen on June 7, 2009

Updates from the Inquirer:

1.. Rep. Mauricio Domogan, one of the authors of House Resolution No. 1109, said they are calling a constituent assembly (Con-ass) next month to amend the Constitution without the Senate despite outrage by religious and civil society groups.

2.Making sense of 1109 – Fr. Joaquin Bernas

There will be a protest action against Gloria Arroyo’s Con-Ass on Ayala Avenue on June 10, Wednesday starting at 5 p.m.

There will be simultaneous rallies in Katipunan Avenue (in front of Gate 2 of Ateneo) and in Tondo (Sto. Niño church) and in Negros and Iloilo.

Renato Reyes Jr, Bayan secretary general said those who have expressed their participation in the June 10 Ayala rally include the United Opposition, the Association of Major Religious Superiors of the Philippines (Women), BAYAN, Concerned Citizens Movement, Black and White Movement, Edsa 3 Coalition, Gabriela, Kabataan, MY-ERAP, Liberal Party, Change Politics, Akbayan, Sanlakas, Artists Revolution, Pagbabago, Bangon Pilipinas, FPJPM, Movement for Good Governance and Vice president Teofisto Guingona .

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Kahanga-hanga ang ginawa ni Lacson

Published by Ellen on June 6, 2009

Kahanga-hanga ang desisyon ni Sen. Panfilo Lacson na mag-withdraw sa 2010 presidential race.

Sa interview niya sa TV Patrol sinabi niya ang dahilan ay ang kahirapan na mangalap ng kontribusyon para sa eleksyon sa susunod na taon.

Sabi niya, walang kinalaman ang binubuhay ng administrasyon na kaso ng pagpatay sa isang public relations executive na si Bubby Dacer at ang kanyang driver na si Emmanuel Corbito. Hindi raw siya nababahala doon dahil hindi siya sangkot. Naniniwala siyang lalabas ang katotohanan.

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