Two Institutions to Watch in Philippines Elections

Two institutions to watch, if one wants to ensure a clean and honest May 2007 elections, are the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). Ironically, these are the very institutions supposedly tasked with ensuring the conduct of clean and honest elections. But these institutions are again in the thick of controversy — a portent of things to come?

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Military Keeps an Eagle Eye on NPA, Deploys Thousands More in Davao Region For Elections

By Germelina Lacorte
davaotoday.com

DAVAO CITY — Wary over the recent raids of the Communist New People’s Army (NPA) in the region, the military is deploying 20,000 troops to augment security forces in Eastern Mindanao.

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Election Fraud in Mindanao Begins ? Pimentel

MANILA — Senate minority leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr. today revealed that hundreds of ballot boxes containing what he called ?prefabricated election returns? have been intercepted by volunteers of the political opposition in Sindangan, Zamboanga del Norte.

The election returns in the 380 ballot boxes have already been filled with the names of the Arroyo administration?s candidates for senators in Monday?s elections. Pimentel said they discovered the ballot boxes on May 9, after volunteers from the Genuine Opposition were informed about it by members of the Philippine National Police.

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