How to Run the Philippine Elections According to Benjamin Abalos
June 19th, 2007 at 12:50 am (General, National Politics, Election 2007)
After proclaiming a failure of elections in Maguindanao, the COMELEC has backtracked and has validated the elections in Maguindanao. The reason? The winners of the local elections in the province has been declared. As if that’s a good enough reason. There’s no dumber reason. In the first place, the COMELEC itself was the one who declared those winners and not some higher authority. As if the declaration of the winners of the local winners nullifies and discredits the testimonies of the many witness to the alleged cheating. As if the countless proofs saying otherwise are now invalid.
This recent development is just one of the many crimes that Abalos has perpetuated and tolerated as the COMELEC Chairperson. The “Hello, Garci!” scandal is yet to be resolved. The elections are not yet automated. Countless Filipinos have been disenfranchised. Dead and non-existent voters populate the voters’ list. Opposition candidates have been harassed. Legitimate party-list applicants have not been accredited while questionable administration-backed groups were accredited. And now this….
This, ladies and gentlemen, is not the proper, legitimate, and credible way to run the elections.
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Manuel L. Quezon III: The Daily Dose » Blog Archive » Wild goose chase in Maguindanao said,
June 19, 2007 at 10:11 pm
[…] Finally, take a look at his article on From brain drain to brain circulation. Blogger commentary on Maguindanao, the Comelec, and Zubiri: james jimenez loyally reports on the activities of his bosses; Alleba Politics thinks the Comelec boss bungled the job. Field of Dreams considers the probability two Pimentels were victimized by dagdag-bawas as very high; Partly Cloudy has little sympathy for Zubiri; The Philippine Experience is frankly hostile. […]
Alleba Politics » Blog Archive » Impeachment Cast Filed Against COMELEC Commissioner Benjamin Abalos said,
September 27, 2007 at 4:49 am
[…] Among others, Abalos has done a very poor job as COMELEC Commissioner. And more recently, he has been hogging the headlines with the allegation that he brokered the controversial NBN ZTE Corp deal. No less than CHEd Commissioner Romulo Neri has accused Abalos of bribery. […]