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Media access to Trillanes

Published by Ellen on May 20, 2007

Last March, a number of working journalists wrote Judge Oscar Pimentel Sr. of the Makati Regional Trial Court to give us access to detained Lt. (s.g.) Antonio Trillanes, senatorial candidate of the Genuine Opposition.

We cited in our petition provisions in the Bill of Rights of the Constitution that guarantee “freedom of speech, of expression, or of the press.”

Charged with coup d’etat in connection with what is referred to as “Oakwood mutiny” on July 27, 2003, Trillanes is detained at the Marine Brig in Fort Bonifacio.

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Binusalan na naman si Trillanes

Published by Ellen on May 19, 2007

Marami ngayon ang gustong marinig si Lt(sg) Antonio Trillanes IV, kandidato para senador ng Genuine Opposition, tungkol sa kanyang nakakagulat na pagpasok sa Magic 12 ngunit hindi siya mai-interview ng media dahil sinabi ng military at ng Makati Regional Trial Court na hanggang campaign period lang daw ang permiso na binigay sa kanya para makipag-usap sa media.

Hanggang ngayon hindi pa namumulat ang mata nitong military pati na ang korte na ang freedom of expression o kalayaan ng isang tao magpahiwatig ng kanyang saloobin ay ginagarantiya ng Constitution.

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Chiz, Alan almost lose 100T Zambales votes

Published by Ellen on May 19, 2007

By Gerard Naval
Malaya

Update from Inquirer: Shaved votes restored

Genuine Opposition candidates Francis Escudero and Alan Peter Cayetano were almost victims of apparent vote shaving after the Commission on Elections (Comelec) sitting as the National Board of Canvassers (NBoC) yesterday discovered discrepancies in the certificate of canvass (COC) for Zambales.

The COC showed that votes for Escudero and Cayetano were shaved by 100,000 each.

Based on the COC, Cayetano got 29,198 votes but in the statement of votes (SOV), the votes written were 129,198.

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The Trillanes phenomenon (2)

Published by Ellen on May 18, 2007

A close look at the tally sheets of local absentee voting for the police, military and government personnel will show that the highest number of votes among the senatorial candidates went to Panfilo Lacson, Gregorio Honasan, Francis Escudero, and Antonio Trillanes IV.

Of the four, only Escudero of the Genuine Opposition, is not from the military.

Lacson, Honasan, and Trillanes are all graduates of the Philippine Military Academy. Lacson and Honasan had their careers in the police and the army, respectively, before going into politics. It’s not surprising that they enjoy the support of the men in uniform.

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The Trillanes phenomenon (1)

Published by Ellen on May 18, 2007

The inclusion of detained Navy officer Antonio Trillanes IV of the Genuine Opposition in the Magic 12 in all credible post-election surveys has been described invariably as a “shocker” and a “coup.”

Someone has coined the phrase, “doing it the Trillanes way” to mean coming from behind to score a victory.

Until the last two weeks before election day when he rose to No. 16 in the SWS/Inquirer survey, he was languishing in the 21st to 25th spots.

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