MANILA — President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo said today that after the “vigorous elections” a week ago, it?s time that all political parties and leaders come together in a common pursuit of the people?s welfare and national well-being.
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MANILA — The desperate effort by Genuine Opposition (GO) leaders to void the election results in Maguindanao and their allegations that special operations are being undertaken to place four more Team Unity candidates into the win column are part of the calibrated ploy to taint the integrity of the May 14 polls and abort the smooth transition to the formation of a new Congress, Team Unity said yesterday.
MANILA — Two explosions ripped through a public school in Lamitan, Basilan, where the canvassing of votes were being held, injuring at least three people, media reports said Tuesday morning.
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The canvassing of votes from Maguindanao, the province at the center of a controversy allegedly involving massive election fraud, has been suspended by the National Board of Canvassers. The board…
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO
Bulatlat
Breaking News / Election Watch
May 21, 2007 ? 2:41pm
The poll monitoring group Kontra Daya (Anti-Fraud) has called on the next Congress to impeach Commission on Elections (Comelec) chairman Benjamin Abalos for what it described as the “questionable, tainted” character of the recently-concluded senatorial and local elections.
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