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Nawala ang pag-asa ni Zubiri nang nawala si Angara sa SET

Published by Ellen on August 6, 2011

Sa totoo lang, kaya naman nag-resign si Migs Zubiri sa Senado dahil alam niyang sa bagong composisyun ng Senate Electoral Tribunal, wala na siyang pag-asa. Wala na kasi ang kanyang mentor at tagapagtanggol, si Sen. Edgardo Angara.

Ang malas pa niya, ang pumalit kay Angara ay si Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV, na kung maala-ala natin mula-mula pa noong 2007, naniwala na hindi naman talaga nanalo si Zubiri. Kaya minus one na si Zubiri sa bilang niya sa SET at plus one si Pimentel.

Ang SET, na siyang dumidinig ng protesta sa Senado, ay kinabibilangan ng tatlong Supreme Court justices (Antonio Carpio, Arturo Brion, at Teresita de Castro) at anim na senador na ngayon ay maliban kay Trillanes, sina Pia Cayetano, Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, Lito Lapid, Ramon “Bong” Revilla, Jr., Gregorio Honasan.

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Truth is catching up on Migs Zubiri

Published by Ellen on July 14, 2011

Never have I seen Juan Miguel Zubiri, long referred to as the senator from Maguindanao, looking so harassed than in his press briefing yesterday at the Senate to debunk the very damaging revelations of Zaldy Ampatuan, former governor of the Autonomous Region for Muslim Mindanao and Maguindanao election supervisor Lintang Bedol that they were both involved in the shaving of votes from senatorial candidates Panfilo “Ping” Lacson, Benigno Aquino III, and Alan Peter Cayetano in favor of Zubiri in the 2007 elections.

The votes that Zubiri got in Maguindanao enabled him to edge out Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III from the number 12 slot.

That’s the reason he is in the Senate and Pimentel is left struggling it out at the Senate Electoral Tribunal which last year upheld the counter-protest of Zubiri based on what he claims were irregularities in Metro Manila which to many are nothing but dilatory tactics to wear out Pimentel and for him to complete the six-year term under a fake mandate.

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Poll protest linked to battle for Senate presidency

Published by Ellen on July 16, 2010

(This story came out last Tuesday but Basiang got in the way from my posting it here.)

by Lynda Jumilla and Ces Oreña-Drilon, ABS-CBN News

Senate Electoral Tribunal’s findings present strong proof of cheating in 2007 polls

The Senate Electoral Tribunal (SET) has voted to recount over 75% of 73,000 precincts nationwide in the 2007 senatorial elections, after Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri filed a counter-protest to an electorial complaint filed by Atty. Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III.

The SET voted to do the recount, which could last beyond Zubiri’s term, even if it was already proven that Pimentel won over Zubiri in the polls.

With just a little over 18,000 votes, Juan Miguel Zubiri snatched the last spot in the 2007 senatorial elections from Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III.

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