Politics

Canvassing of Maguindanao votes expected today, groups warn of massive protests

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May 30, 2007

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.

Comelec and the theater of fraud

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May 30, 2007

Analysis | No election has been fair and square. In the recent elections, the outcome has been decided by one’s political hold on the Commission on Elections — and the numerous compromises that powerful election authorities make with the highest bidders to rig the elections.