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Padaca will not be tie-breaker in Akbayan case
Newly-appointed Comelec Commissioner Grace Padaca wrote to correct what I said in my column in Abante last Sunday that she would be the tie-breaker in the case of Akbayan as partylist. I wrote: “Hati raw ang Comelec sa isyu ng … Continue reading
PNoy, Padaca don’t get it
What is it in being in position of power that dulls the mind and blurs the comprehension of people we thought were sensible? Former Isabela Governor and newly appointed commissioner of the Commission on Election posted the following reply to … Continue reading
Aquino urged to appoint PWD as Comelec commissioner
Note:I did this story for VERA Files Elections Commissioner Rene Sarmiento is urging President Aquino to make history by appointing state solicitor Jessica S. Magbanua, a person with disability, to the Commission on Elections, replacing Augusto C. Lagman who was … Continue reading
Lagman’s head for Enrile’s vote in Corona impeachment
Poor Gus Lagman. He didn’t know what hit him. Never did he imagine that we would be a collateral damage in President Aquino’s rabid pursuit to make Gloria Arroyo accountable for her crimes against the Filipino people. As a commissioner … Continue reading
Paano isulong ni Brillantes ang reporma sa Comelec?
Ang isang malaking kasalanan ni Gloria Arroyo sa sambayanang Pilipino ay ang pagsira ng mga institusyon pangdemokrasya para lamang manatili siya sa kapangyarihan. Sinira niya ang military nang ginamit niya ito para mandaya para sa kanya noong 2004 na eleksyun. … Continue reading
Comelec chief accused of unethical behavior
I did the following article for VERA Files. It’s also in the Manila Times, TV5′s Interaksyon, and Yahoo. The displaced director of the Commission on Elections’ Law Department has accused Chairman Sixto S. Brillantes Jr. of unethical behavior for allegedly … Continue reading
