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hopeless_race : Lets not just focus sa mga malversation of funds, sa mga overpricing..ating pagtuunan ng atensyon ang diskarte ng mga politiko na umuutang ng bilyon bilyon sa gobyerno."Small time" ang ibang pamamaraan ng pangungurakot kumpara sa pag-utang sa gobyerno ng bilyon na tunay ngang masasabing "pinaka big-time" at wala pang sabit.
hopeless_race : Mukhang tikom ang bibig ng lahat pagdating sa diskarte ng mga politiko sa pagutang ng mga bilyon bilyon sa gobyerno na tinatakbuhan. Itong pamamaraan na ito ang tunay na kumakain ng malaking porsyento ng ating national budget batay na din sa sinasabi ng world bank.
hopeless_race : Pakisilip naman po ang mga utang ni Villar sa BSP, ang mga utang nila RAMON JACINTO, RONNIE ZAMORA, JOE DE VENECIA at madami pang ibang mga pulitiko. Iilan lamang yan sa mga nababanggit sa balita na may mga malalaking utang sa gobyerno.
hopeless_race : Nagmimistulang "small time" lamang ang malversation of funds kumpara sa laki ng kinakamal ng mga umuutang sa gobyerno. At ito ay malinaw na natatakbuhan dahil hindi nga naman pwede makulong ang may-ari ng kumpanya sa pagkaka-utang lamang. Tunay na mga tuso at magagaling sa batas itong mga politiko natin. Masasabi ko na malamang lahat ng mga politiko ganito ang diskarte...wala pang kulong.
hopeless_race : PCIJ pkitingnan naman po ang mga gaya ni Villar na my malaking utang sa Gobyerno pero tinatakbuhan. Magtatayo ng kumpanya at uutang ng bilyon bilyon sa gobyerno ng walang balak bayaran. Tunay ngang walang nakukulong sa utang...ito ang prinsipyo ginagamit ng mga politiko ntin kaya nakakapagtaka kung san napupunta ang daang bilyong pera ng gobyerno.
hopeless_race : Sana itreat naman po ng media ang hacienda luisita at mendiola massacre na parang MAGUINADANAO MASSACRE. Ipublicized ang mga katotohanan at ipakita sa tao ang karumaldumal na pinaggagawa sa mga farmers dun. Untouchable po ba sila cory at danding at hindi magawang batikusin ng media about these two massacres?
hopeless_race : Kapag napaguusapan ang mendiola at hacienda luisita massacre ay parang walang nangyari at parang hindi big deal. Anu po ba ang pinagkaiba ng dalawang nabanggit na massacre sa maguindanao massacre?
hopeless_race : Its sad that we pinoys are blind to the fact of what had happened in mendiola and hacienda luisita. Ang tanong..bakit ang media ay hindi manlang matackle ang ganitong usapin? Takot ba sila kay cory at danding?
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Kontra Daya: Abalos to blame for Bedol

Posted by: Jaileen F. Jimeno | June 13, 2007 at 6:05 pm
Filed under: 2004 Electoral Fraud, 2007 Elections, Civil Society, Comelec Watch, Gloriagate

Atty. Lintang Bedol [photo by Joe Galvez] SHORT of saying “We told you so,” election watchdog Kontra Daya blames Commission on Elections (Comelec) chairman Benjamin Abalos Sr. for the fiasco in Maguindanao, where reports of large-scale cheating and results-tampering have again pulled down the poll body’s already low credibility.

Kontra Daya spokesman Fr. Joe Dizon says his group repeatedly met with Abalos and warned him against allowing Comelec officials who were mentioned in the “Hello Garci” tapes from seeing action in Mindanao, among them Maguindanao elections supervisor Lintang Bedol.

To refresh your memories on how Bedol figured in the “Hello, Garci” recordings, click here and here.

“We were yelled at by Abalos,” says Fr. Dizon, when his group requested the transfer or exclusion of the so-called “Hello Garci” personnel from the 2007 elections. He says among those who were with him in that meeting were former Vice President Teofisto Guingona, Bishop Deogracias Iñiguez and several other Kontra Daya convenors.

“He asked us to file charges, although the Comelec on its own, can and should investigate the ‘Hello Garci’ issue,” said Dizon.

Dizon adds that Abalos should be considered an “accomplice” in the ongoing poll controversy in Maguindanao, which by all indications, shames other reports of cheating in its audacity, scale and organization. It outlines how teachers and grade school pupils were made to fill up and sign ballots on the eve of the polls in favor of administration bets, prompting Comelec Commissioner Rene Sarmiento to promise a probe immediately when the results from Maguindanao began trickling in. Weeks later, Musa Dimasidsing, a school supervisor who was among those who revealed details of the poll rigging, was shot dead.

Bedol surfaced at the National Board of Canvassers (NBC) the other day to claim that certificates and statements of votes were stolen from his office at the Maguindanao provincial capitol by unknown individuals on May 29.

However, a Comelec insider who requested anonymity says Bedol’s story is dubious. He notes that two weeks into the canvassing, Bedol merely sent his election assistant to the canvassing. Comelec officials had to insist that Bedol appear in person. “When he was finally here on the 25th, he said he had copies (of the certificates and statements of votes ) in his office. But he could not even tell the commissioners when asked, when the canvassing in Maguindanao was terminated,” says the source. That information is part of the minutes of canvass.

Adding fuel to the fire is the fact that Bedol was supposed to appear again before the NBC on May 28, a day before the supposed theft occurred. But he went missing for days and showed up only on June 11, only when threatened with arrest.

“He could have informed us about the loss immediately after it happened, if it really happened,” says the Comelec source, who adds that forging and tampering with election results now constitute electoral sabotage under Republic Act No. 9369. It is punishable by life imprisonment.

“Bedol is smiling and looks overconfident despite all these because Abalos is not doing anything about the Garci case,” says Dizon. He adds that Abalos should be held accountable for the electoral fraud that figured in the 2004 and 2007 elections.

Abalos is set to step down in February 2008. But before that, Dizon says civil society groups should demand an accounting of the previous polls under the Abalos Comelec. And that he says, should be the top priority of those who were on top of the senatorial race this year.

“They should focus on this before working on their presidential dreams in 2010,” he says.

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[...] May 25 - Comelec officials had to insist that Bedol appear in person. “When he was finally here on the 25th, he said he had copies (of the certificates and statements of votes ) in his office. But he could not even tell the commissioners when asked, when the canvassing in Maguindanao was terminated,” says a source. That information is part of the minutes of canvass. (link) [...]