With Lanao del Sur communities plagued by poverty and short in social services, election season is considered paskuhan (Christmas season). Politicians money flows like rain, mainly to buy the votes of the residents. As if vote buying were not enough, the elections there, like elsewhere in the country, were chaotic. 
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We join all opposition groups and election watchdogs in condemning the massive electoral fraud orchestrated to benefit the administration slate. We must not allow the administration to succeed in its final push to rig the elections through the canvassing of votes in Maguindanao and other questionable regions, Renato Reyes of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan said.
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