Election 2007 – Page 2 – ellen tordesillas

Zaldy and Bedol under WPP: a stinking package deal

Published by Ellen on July 17, 2011

Surely, Justice Secretary Lilia de Lima knows the ramifications of her willingness to consider Zaldy Ampatuan, former governor of the Autonomous Region for Muslim Mindanao and one of the 196 persons accused in connection with the Maguindanao massacre, as state witness in a possible election fraud case against Gloria Arroyo.

“That is a new case, a totally different case and we can consider them, or whoever, it is Zaldy Ampatuan or Lintang Bedol. It would depend on the extent of their participation, “ De Lima said a day after Zaldy and former Maguindanao election supervisor Lintang Bedol said in separate interviews with ABS-CBN’s Anthony Taberna where they dangled information everybody knew about cheating in the 2004 and 2007 elections. Nothing in the published reports, though, directly implicates Gloria Arroyo.

De Lima also echoed Malacañang’s assurance that Zaldy will not be considered state witness in the Nov. 23, 2009 massacre that killed at least 58 persons, 32 of them journalists. This was despite the offer of Zaldy that he was willing to turn his back on his father, Andal Ampatuan Sr, identified by witnesses as the mastermind of the gruesome murders, and his brother, Andal Jr, identified as the triggerman.

Malalim ang drama ni Zaldy Ampatuan at Bedol

Published by Ellen on July 16, 2011

bedol july 2011 — Photo from ABS-CBN online. Thanks.

Sa unang pahayag ni dating Maguindanao election supervisor Lintang Bedol tungkol sa dayaan noong 2004 at 2007 na eleksyun, bistado na kaagad ang mali ng kanyang mga detalye.

Maaring may totoo doon sa sinabi niya, ngunit mukhang hindi tama ang pagsama niya kay Comelec Commissioner Rene Sarmiento doon saan biyahe sa Gen. Santos City para mag-authenticate ng Election returns noong 2007.

Hindi natin masabi kung talagang sadya niyang guluhin ang sarili niyang pahayag o talagang sa sobrang sanay niya sa pagsisinungaling ay naghalo-halo na ang katotohanan at ang mga inimbento niya at siya mismo hindi na niya malaman kung alin ang totoo.

Ngunit kahit paano naman, may kabutihan na ring nangyari dahil ngayon gusto na ni Sen. Chiz Escudero na magkaroon ulit ng imbestigasyun ang Senado tungkol doon para malaman ng taumbayan ang buong katotohanan.

May kinatatakutan si Zubiri kay Acosta sa DENR

Published by Ellen on May 18, 2011

Gumagalaw ng husto si Sen. Juan Miguel Zubiri para maharang ang appointment ni dating Rep. Neric Acosta bilang environment secretary.

Mula pa ng simula ng administrasyun ni Pangulong Aquino, matunog ang usap-usapan na si Acosta talaga ang magiging environment secretary ngunit hindi siya pwede ma-appoint sa ano mang posisyun sa pamahalaan bago makalipas ang isang taon pagkatapos ng Mayo 14, 2010 na eleksyun.

Tumakbo kasi si Acosta bilang senador noong 2010 ngunit natalo. May isang taong “ban” para manungkulan sa pamahalaan ang mga tumakbo sa eleksyun.

Nag-privilege speech pa si Zubiri.Sinabi niya na kung sinsero daw si Pangulong Aquino sa kanyang sinasabing “Daang matuwid”, hindi raw dapat niya i-appoint ang mga may nakabinbin na kaso.

Poll protest linked to battle for Senate presidency

Published by Ellen on July 16, 2010

(This story came out last Tuesday but Basiang got in the way from my posting it here.)

by Lynda Jumilla and Ces Oreña-Drilon, ABS-CBN News

Senate Electoral Tribunal’s findings present strong proof of cheating in 2007 polls

The Senate Electoral Tribunal (SET) has voted to recount over 75% of 73,000 precincts nationwide in the 2007 senatorial elections, after Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri filed a counter-protest to an electorial complaint filed by Atty. Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III.

The SET voted to do the recount, which could last beyond Zubiri’s term, even if it was already proven that Pimentel won over Zubiri in the polls.

With just a little over 18,000 votes, Juan Miguel Zubiri snatched the last spot in the 2007 senatorial elections from Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III.

Mga huling baraha ni Arroyo

Published by Ellen on March 14, 2009

Please click on their names below for affidavits of former PNP officers Glenn G. Dumlao and Cesar Mancao in connection with the Michael Ray Aquino espionage case:
dumlao

mancao

Habang papalapit na ang 2010 na ang pagka-intindi ng marami ay hanggang doon lang ang termino ng nakaw na pagka-presidente ni Gloria Arroyo, nilalabas na ng mag-asawang Arroyo at ng kanilang mga alagad ang kanilang mga huling baraha.

Alam naman natin lahat na walang plano si Gloria Arroyo bumaba sa kanyang hawak na nakaw na kapangyarihan dahil sa dami ng kanyang nagawang krimen laban sa mamamayang Pilipino, takot siyang makasuhan at makulong kasama na ang pamilya.

Hindi na solusyon ang mangibang bansa ngayon dahil nakita natin sa kaso ni Augusto Pinochet ng Chile at ng iba pang international criminals na hindi kinukunsinti ng ibang bansa ang mga dating lider na nanloko ng sariling mamamayan.

Sa kuko ng panganib

Published by Ellen on September 22, 2008

Nabanggit sa The Dawn newspaper sa Pakistan na isa sa sobra 40 ka tao na nasawi sa suicide attack sa Marriott Hotel noong Sabado ng gabi sa Islamabad ay Filipino

Hindi sinabi kong turista o nagtatatrabaho sa hotel ang Filipino na namatay. Hindi pa rin natin alam kung nag-iisa lang ang Filipino na nasawi. Wala pang report ang Department of Foreign of Foreign Affairs.

Isang truck na puno ng bomba ang umararo sa harap ng Marriott Hotel, na paboritong lugar ng mga dayuhan. Ang suspetsa sa may kagagawan ng kahindik-hindik ng pangyayari ay Al Qaeda o Taliban. Warning raw sa mga bagong pinuno ng Pakistan na mukhang maka-Amerikano mas malagim pa ang mangyayari kung hayaan nilang mag-operate ang military ng U.S sa loob ng Pakistan.

Bedol meted 6 months in jail

Published by Ellen on August 8, 2007

Iba na talaga ang kasabwat.

Inquirer story: Issue is fraud, not contempt

Maguindanao election supervisor Lintang Bedol yesterday was found in indirect contempt by the Commission on Elections en banc.

He was sentenced to six months in jail and fined P1,000.

The decision was called by the opposition as just “a tap on the shoulder” and “insufficient and insulting.”

Zubiri to be proclaimed

Published by Ellen on July 13, 2007

Courtesy of the manufactured Maguindanao votes, Juan Miguel Zubiri becomes senator.

ABS-CBN’s report:

The Supreme Court denied on Friday the petition of Genuine Opposition candidate Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III to issue a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) on the proclamation of Team Unity bet Juan Miguel Zubiri as the 12th senator of the May 14 elections, TV Patrol World reported Friday.

The SC hearing on the oral arguments on Pimentel’s petition lasted seven hours. Seven Justices voted to issue a TRO while the other seven rejected the petition of Pimentel.

The death — and rebirth — of GO

Published by Ellen on July 9, 2007

by Adel Tamano
Spokesman of the Genuine Opposition

The following article appeared in today’s issue of the The Daily Tribune. Tamano holds Master of Laws from Harvard, Juris Doctor at the Ateneo de Manila and a Master of Public Administration, UP

Last Saturday, while in conference with Sen. Serge Osmeña and RC Constantino, the Genuine Opposition campaign managers, at the former headquarters of the GO at Manilabank in Makati City, I had a bittersweet realization: GO was now officially dead. No, this has nothing to do with the fight for the Senate presidency that has been thoroughly discussed in the media as the sign of the demise of the GO. It had everything to do with the completion of the GO’s objective as a political organization and a coalition.

Nobody delivers the message more effectively than Trillanes

Published by Ellen on July 1, 2007

Someone had to tell Migz Zubiri the despicable thing that he is doing and Sen. Antonio Trillanes took it upon himself to do it.

We applaud Trillanes for that.

Last Friday, in an interview after his oath-taking before barangay captain Ruben Gatchalian in Caloocan City, he blasted at Zubiri for insisting on taking the last senatorial race slot when, Trillanes said, he knew very well the people did not elect him for that position. He said: “I believe Congressman Zubiri knows deep in his heart that he benefited from cheating. If he is decent enough, he wouldn’t accept it because it is something you want your kids to emulate.”

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