Sinusulat ko ang kolum na ito, kakaboto ko lang. Maayos naman.
Ngunit marami akong natatanggap na report ng violations katulad na lamang ng mga watchers at supporters ng Team Unity na namimigay ng mga sample ballot sa loob ng presinto.
Sabi ni Comelec Chairman Bejmain Abalos normal lang daw na may confusion dahil marami naman talaga ang hindi kabisado ang batas.
The Genuine Opposition Opposition, despite an early 8-2-2 lead in the senatorial race, last night shifted its focus to Visayas and Mindanao on reports that administration cheating operators were set to unload at least five million filled-up ballots during municipal, district and provincial canvassing.
Sen. Serge Osmeña III, GO campaign manager, said the opposition had been prepared to concede 600,000 to 1 million “dagdag bawas” votes, primarily in the Autonomous Region for Muslim Mindanao, but was not expecting cheating on the reported massive scale.
Genuine Opposition senatorial candidate Alan Cayetano said he will go to the Supreme Court in connection with the ridiculous and confusing order of the Comelec…
If Gloria Arroyo had some shred of conscience left in her, she should have learned from her stealing of the 2004 elections that no crime will remain hidden forever.
But Arroyo and her cohorts are a rare breed. They are using the lessons learned from the 2004 elections to perfect a more vicious crime against the Filipino people.
Luz Rimban, formerly with the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism and who now teaches broadcast journalism at the Ateneo de Manila University, took note that today’s election is the third under Arroyo’s presidency. The first was the mid-term election in 2001, the second was the presidential election in 2004.
Trillanes camp uncovers “Oplan Alan” (Alan is the name of Trillanes deceased son) of the GMA administration. It is a plot to assassinate candidate Trillanes…
It’s glaringly clear: there’s a method to all these madness.
After affirming late Friday afternoon that Joselito Cayetano is a nuisance candidate, Comelec Chairman Benjamin Abalos said writing “Cayetano” on the ballot will make it a stray vote.
He says the matter is still appealable to the Supreme Court.
In an interview with Alan Cayetano in Camp Bonifacio where he attended the boodle fight hosted by fellow senatorial candidates Antonio Trillanes IV, Alan said, “Comelec is supposed to clarify, not confuse.”
Photo:The two principal targets of the Arroyo administration- Trillanes and Cayetano
Bukas, maaga pa, pupunta na tayo sa presinto at magboto. Mabuti na yung maaga para kung may kunting confusion man, may panahon para gumawa ng solusyon.
Sabi ni Ping Lacson kahapon sa miting de avance noong Biyernes ng gabi sa Folk Arts Theatre (ang saya doon!), pagkatapos kayo makaboto, magpahinga. Manood kayo ng sine kung gusto nyo. Sa gabi, oras ng bilangan, bumalik sa presinto at magbantay.
Tutok tayo sa canvassing. Protektahan natin ang ating boto.
Mukhang nininerbyos itong mga “Hello Garci” generals ni Arroyo sa paglakas ng kandidatura ni Antonio Trillanes IV.
Above pictures were taken when six Genuine Opposition senatorial candidates visited their detained fellow candidate, Antonio Trillanes IV, at his detention cell in Camp Bonifacio and participated in a boodle fight this morning.
A boodle fight is a fun , unruly tradition in the military. Food is laid out in a long table lined with banana leaves.
Gen. Hermogenes Esperon should just keep his mouth shut. Soldiers have no role in the elections, except to vote. They cannot campaign for any candidate. And that means they cannot campaign against any candidate either.
So it is verboten for Esperon to urge “peace loving” citizens to think twice about voting for Antonio Trillanes IVbecause the latter is being endorsed by the Left. And the same prohibition on Esperon applies not only to dissuading candidates from voting for Trillanes. As a soldier he cannot ask people to vote or not to vote for any candidate, whether supported by the Left, the Center or the Right. That’s what being non-partisan means.