All eyes on Lanao del Sur
May 24th, 2007 at 11:21 pm (Election 2007, General, Military Affairs, National Politics)
A day after the May 15 elections, the Philippine Daily Inquirer headline announced that elections were not held in several towns in Lanao del Sur. Today, troops were deployed to secure the the “special elections” to be held tomorrow in 13 towns in the province.
Many journalists, pundits, and bloggers have stated that tomorrow, Lanao del Sur will be considered a a battle ground. Tomorrow’s “special elections” will be closely guarded by everybody. Call me paranoid, but I agree with them. Tomorrow’s event is chance for all those who wish to cheat to do so. It’s going to be chaotic, for sure. And probably only a miracle can stop chaos from happening.
So tomorrow, while most people have already forgotten who they voted for, many (I hope) vigilant eyes will be on Lanao del Sur. And rightly so, because if there’s anything we should have learned from past elections, it should be that our role as voting citizens do not end after we cast our ballots.
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Current » Kamay na bakal? said,
May 25, 2007 at 1:33 am
[...] TOMORROW promises to be action-packed. A very personal account is by Galatea’s Favorite Sky, where she describes her ordeal as her boyfriend ended up hurriedly sent to Lanao. Indeed, it’s going to be All eyes on Lanao del Sur, as Alleba Politics points out. Going further, Calling All Filipinos. Lanao Del Sur Needs You! Tingog.com says, while Patsada Karajaw says Dracula’s guarding the blood banks. [...]