Analysis | Mindanao is exploited to the hilt in the commission of electoral fraud not because of its remoteness. A distinct economic, political and cultural structure renders the region vulnerable to state manipulation verily through the use of the state's apparatuses for state terrorism and coerced mandate through fraudulent elections.
The involvement of police officers in the burning of a polling precinct in Taysan, Batangas, which resulted in the death of two teachers, may just be the tip of the iceberg as far as the role of state security forces in electoral fraud and violence is concerned, says an opposition watchdog group.
MANILA — Genuine Opposition senatorial candidate Aquilino Pimentel III today denounced the alleged blatant attempt of the administration?s “special operators” to rig the results of the senatorial contest in North Cotabato and South Cotabato in a bid to dislodge him from the winning column.
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MANILA — The anti-fraud group Kontra Daya today warned that the inclusion in the national canvassing of questionable votes from Maguindanao and other fraud tainted provinces will further incite protest actions against the Comelec.
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MANILA — The umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan, New Patriotic Alliance) today announced that protest actions have scheduled in Australia to coincide with the official visit of Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. The announcement comes right after Filipinos and Japanese held protest actions during Arroyo?s latest Japan trip.
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