MANILA — The Genuine Opposition (GO) and its allied leftist and ultra-rightist groups are torpedoing the election results in the Maguindanao and Lanao provinces through manufactured stories of poll fraud in a frantic and desperate effort to prevent the entry of more Team Unity candidates into the list of senatorial winners, Eastern Samar Gov. Ben Evardone said yesterday.
MANILA — What is Comelec chairman Benjamin Abalos up to now?
This was the question raised by election watchdog Kontra Daya after the Commission on Elections deferred the proclamation of the first nine winning senatorial candidates.
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MANILA — Election watchdog Kontra Daya has sent a team to Lanao del Sur to observe the special elections on Saturday.
Led by Emmie de Jesus, secretary general of Gabriela, the six-man team has left for Lanao del Sur early morning, Friday. Atty. Nitz Mahinay will serve as the team?s legal counsel.
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MANILA — The umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan questioned the presence of retired generals Arturo Lumibao and Jovito Palparan in the special elections to be held in Lanao del Sur tomorrow.
Lumibao presented himself as a ?domestic observer? who will evaluate the security preparations of the Comelec. Palparan also claimed he was an observer though he is running as a nominee of the partylist Bantay.
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MANILA, Philippines -- The Philippine Daily Inquirer today ran a piece that sought to explain why the Moro areas, particularly the Lanao provinces and several others in the Autonomous Region…