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Padaca will not be tie-breaker in Akbayan case

Published by Ellen on October 23, 2012

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Newly-appointed Comelec Commissioner Grace Padaca wrote to correct what I said in my column in Abante last Sunday that she would be the tie-breaker in the case of Akbayan as partylist.

I wrote: “Hati raw ang Comelec sa isyu ng Akbayan at ang boto ni Grace Padaca, ang bagong Comelec commissioner, ang magdedesisyon kung lusot o tanggal ang Akbayan. Naloko na. (It has been reported that Comelec is deadlocked on the issue of Akbayan and the vote of Grace Padaca, the new commissioner, will decide whether Akbayan would be disqualified or not. Oh my God.)”

I made the comment based on at least three news reports quoting Comelec Chair Sixto Brillantes Jr. : “Pinass on ko na lahat ng cases kay Padaca… We’re sending her the folders to break the tie.”

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PNoy, Padaca don’t get it

Published by Ellen on October 7, 2012

Padaca, accompanied by Interior Secretary Mar Roxas, a Liberal Party stalwart, posts P70,000 bail given by President Aquino.
What is it in being in position of power that dulls the mind and blurs the comprehension of people we thought were sensible?

Former Isabela Governor and newly appointed commissioner of the Commission on Election posted the following reply to those who are criticizing her for accepting bail money from President Aquino. She cited this particular tweet: “ “Grace Padaca’s acceptance of bail money and refusing to subject herself to investigation speaks volumes of her character.”

Padaca’s reply:

“If i have done things the usual way, i would not have fought the dynasty in Isabela and win.

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Isabela politics and “Hello Garci”

Published by Ellen on December 10, 2009

As of yesterday, Isabela Governor Grace Padaca, now with the Liberal Party, her lawyers and supporters are going through the 12,000 (twelve thousand!) page decision of Comelec’s second division headed by Commissioner Nicodemo Ferrer nullifying her victory over Benjamin Dy of the Nationalist People’s Coalition.

Padaca said they have five days since last Tuesday to file a motion for reconsideration. That would be on Monday, Dec. 14.

Padaca said she feels that the preposterous length of the decision was probably a strategy to prevent her from filing a motion for reconsideration so that they can execute the order for Dy to take over the reins of the Isabela provincial government.

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