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Keith Bacongco: Knowing Nograles and his Big Boss...garapalan na lang talaga.
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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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guest_899 : congratulations to PCIJ, more power and God Bless !
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Who paid for Kaakbay pol ads?

Posted by: Ed Lingao | June 19, 2010 at 12:16 am
Filed under: 2010 Elections

The Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism stands by a series of stories it published on the television campaign ads aired for the benefit of several party-list groups that ran in the May 10 elections.

Earlier, party-list group Kaakbay said the PCIJ erred when it ran the series in April and May. Kaakbay party-list president Alain Del Bustamante Pascua said the PCIJ stories implied that party-list groups that had television ads were not really marginalized.

One of the Kaakbay ads in question

The ad’s end tag, stating the ad was “paid by” Kaakbay

Pascua said Kaakbay could not afford to buy its own TV ads, and admitted that the ads were paid for by “common supporters and sponsors of both Kaakbay and our partner national candidates, specifically Presidential Candidate Noynoy Aquino and Vice Presidential Candidate Mar Roxas, and with Senatorial Candidate Juan Ponce Enrile.”

But PCIJ Executive Director Malou Mangahas pointed out that the end tags of these ads precisely stated that the ads were “paid for” and “paid by” Kaakbay party-list group.

“According to the implementing rules and regulations of the Fair Election Practices Act (Comelec Resolution No. 8758), the “paid for” and “paid by” clauses in the ad clips should establish in truth the beneficiary and paying client of the same ads,” Mangahas said. “Whatever internal arrangements Kaakbay had with candidates Aquino, Roxas and Enrile should have been documented in some way, according to election laws.”

“If Kaakbay and these candidates shared resources to pay for these ads, then that should have been reflected in the respective statements of election contributions and expenditure (SECEs) that these candidates had submitted to the Comelec,” Mangahas added. “Otherwise, it would seem like there could have been material discrepancies in the SECEs of these candidates.”

Here is Mangahas’ full reply:

Thank you very much for your statement and email.

The PCIJ is posting it on our blog site.

However, let me assure you that we precisely checked the ad clips and verified that the end tags of these ads precisely stated that the ads were “paid for” and “paid by” Kaakbay party-list group. The same situation applied to all the other party-list groups cited in the PCIJ story.

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) Comelec had ruled that these end tags are what will be considered to establish who or which party should be credited with the airtime and spending limits under the Fair Election Practices Act.

According to the implementing rules and regulations of the Fair Election Practices Act (Comelec Resolution No. 8758), the “paid for” and “paid by” clauses in the ad clips should establish in truth the beneficiary and paying client of the same ads. The Comelec also said that the “paid by” data in the ad clips should be the same details reflected in the ad contracts. We have secured copies of the advertising contracts as well as the actual ad clips that had been aired.

Whatever internal arrangements Kaakbay had with candidates Aquino. Roxas and Enrile should have been documented in some way, according to election laws.

The law states that a candidate or party like Kaakbay should have first authorized the same candidates to air ads on its behalf. There should have been a certificate of donation to Kaakbay of funds or ads by the three candidates or their respective authorized representatives and subsequent certification by Kaakbay’s treasurer or president allowing the three candidates to donate, incur expenditure and air ads on behalf of Kaakbay.

If Kaakbay and these candidates shared resources to pay for these ads, then that should have been reflected in the respective statements of election contributions and expenses (SECEs) that these candidates had submitted to the Comelec. Otherwise, it would seem like there could have been material discrepancies in the SECEs of these candidates.

Thanks and best regards.
Malou

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