The Philippine Elections 2013

[zoroethgenre_003]

Originally Posted by Monchhichi

Multiple registrants in ARMM near 300,000
MANILA, Philippines - The Commission on Elections has discovered close to 300,000 multiple registrants in the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).

This was after the poll body started the verification of the applications for voters' registration months ago.

Part of the verification is cross-checking applications with the automated fingerprint identification system and the biometrics database of the Comelec.

Chairman Sixto Brillantes said the poll body is now doing off site checks as part of the Election Registration Board (ERB) process.

Commissioner Rene Sarmiento explained that based on regional statistics, there are about 249,000 multiple or double registrants, while about 39,000 are minors or below the voting age of 18.

Multiple registrants and minors will be stricken off the final voters' list after the finalization of the ERB hearings. The final list will come out after the board has heard oppositions and challenges to those whose registrations were accepted.

Those excluded by the ERB may seek redress before the local courts.

ARMM had 1.7M registered voters in the 2010 elections.
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/re...mm-near-300000

Imagine. 300,000 illegal votes? That can make a candidate win or lost the election.

[zoroethgenre_003]

Originally Posted by whatuwan

Bullsht. Another artist running for politics

Originally Posted by tita01

madaming artista ngayong kapag laos na humahanap ng pagkakakitaan!

tignan nga natin kung may magagawa yan

Sino ba kalaban nito sa CamSur?

[zoroethgenre_003]

Originally Posted by anone

kung tatakbo rin yung may hawak ng mic ay iboboto ko sya dahil gwapo na DAKO pa. hindi ko maalala tiltle nung indie film na napanood ko na bida sya na may pigsa sa pwet tapos lumiyad kayo ayon nakita tuloy si manok.

Serbis ata yun.

[zoroethgenre_003]

Originally Posted by hakz2007

Aga is a much better alternative rather than his opponent Wimpy Fuentebella who is the son of Deputy Speaker Arnulfo Fuentebella, the main proponent of Nueva Camarines bill. The Fuentebella clan has been holding the congressional post in CamSur's 4th district for 105 Years. Dapat makatikim naman ng ibang putahe ang mga tagaroon

Parang its a choice between the devil and the deep blue sea pala ang elecsyon dun ngayon. Kahit anong piliin mo, pareho kang patay.

[hakz2007]

Originally Posted by zoroethgenre_003

Sino ba kalaban nito sa CamSur?

Deputy Speaker Arnulfo Fuentebella

[zoroethgenre_003]

Hindi ba last term nya sa Congress this year?

[hakz2007]

yup. that's why he proposed a bill to divide the province of CamSur

[hakz2007]

Originally Posted by achernar

taga-CamSur din ba si Coco Martin?

di yata

[hakz2007]

Originally Posted by zoroethgenre_003

Hindi ba last term nya sa Congress this year?

Sorry yung anak pala ni Deputy Speaker na si Wimpy Fuentebella...undersecretary ng Housing

[zoroethgenre_003]

Originally Posted by hakz2007

yup. that's why he proposed a bill to divide the province of CamSur

Ah so, his target will be to run for Governor if ever the new Province will be created?

Originally Posted by hakz2007

Sorry yung anak pala ni Deputy Speaker na si Wimpy Fuentebella...undersecretary ng Housing

Ah I see. Artista versus Political Dynasty pala ang labanan ngayon sa CamSur.

[hakz2007]

Possibly he will run or another member from his family

[tita01]

The sender wrote us, "Namimigay po si Councilor Jun Romey of Paranaque ng Emperador (na tinakpan niya pa ng name and pic niya) sa mga "constituents" niya nagse-celebrate ng birthday. Immediately after I saw this bottle, I was shocked, appalled, and disgusted. Unbelievable! Strategies of these epal politicos manifest in different forms, but Mr. Romey's is surely on a league of its own."


http://www.facebook.com/nomoreepal

[zoroethgenre_003]

Originally Posted by tita01

The sender wrote us, "Namimigay po si Councilor Jun Romey of Paranaque ng Emperador (na tinakpan niya pa ng name and pic niya) sa mga "constituents" niya nagse-celebrate ng birthday. Immediately after I saw this bottle, I was shocked, appalled, and disgusted. Unbelievable! Strategies of these epal politicos manifest in different forms, but Mr. Romey's is surely on a league of its own."


http://www.facebook.com/nomoreepal

For me this is the most EPAL politic I have ever seen. Walang sinasanto. Juice ko.

[tita01]

bad influence pa

[OtAkAw]

Originally Posted by Monchhichi

Multiple registrants in ARMM near 300,000
MANILA, Philippines - The Commission on Elections has discovered close to 300,000 multiple registrants in the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).

This was after the poll body started the verification of the applications for voters' registration months ago.

Part of the verification is cross-checking applications with the automated fingerprint identification system and the biometrics database of the Comelec.

Chairman Sixto Brillantes said the poll body is now doing off site checks as part of the Election Registration Board (ERB) process.

Commissioner Rene Sarmiento explained that based on regional statistics, there are about 249,000 multiple or double registrants, while about 39,000 are minors or below the voting age of 18.

Multiple registrants and minors will be stricken off the final voters' list after the finalization of the ERB hearings. The final list will come out after the board has heard oppositions and challenges to those whose registrations were accepted.

Those excluded by the ERB may seek redress before the local courts.

ARMM had 1.7M registered voters in the 2010 elections.
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/re...mm-near-300000

This place is just so FUBR.

[achernar]

I've often wondered, how come turnout in Manila and Quezon City are always very low compared to the national average?

[Nabartek]

Baka dahil maraming "transients" sa lugar na yan? My theory lang

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‘Jueteng’ probe rocks alliance of LP, NPC
Inquirer
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/326025/...ance-of-lp-npc

With less than two months before the campaign for the 2013 midterm elections starts, cracks are already showing on the alliance between the Liberal Party (LP) and the Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC), and the shaker is the revival of an investigation into the illegal numbers racket “jueteng.”

Seismic activity began last week, with Interior Secretary Manuel Roxas of the LP launching an investigation against Pangasinan Gov. Amado Espino, a senior NPC official.

But other politicians feel the tremor and they believe politics is generating the energy that causes the shaking.

Vice President Jejomar Binay’s nominally oppositionist United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) said Monday the fresh investigation could be an administration ploy to control vote-rich Pangasinan ahead of the elections.

Navotas Rep. Tobias Tiangco, UNA secretary general, said in a statement that the alliance supported any effort against jueteng but was suspicious about the timing of the disclosure of Espino’s involvement in jueteng.

“The 2013 election is just a few weeks away,” Tiangco said. “The administration and the administration party headed by the DILG (Department of the Interior and Local Government) secretary cannot escape suspicion that politics is one motivation for the sudden interest in jueteng in Pangasinan.”

The LP is fielding Alaminos City Mayor Hernani Braganza against Espino in the gubernatorial race in Pangasinan. President Aquino carried Pangasinan in the 2010 presidential election with Braganza’s help.

Tiangco said securing victory for the administration’s candidate in Pangasinan in 2013 could translate into benefits in the province for Malacañang’s candidate in the presidential election in 2016.

LP members are expected to field Roxas in the 2016 race for Malacañang. The UNA’s Binay has said he’s running that race.

As for the NPC, former Rep. Mark Cojuangco of Pangasinan said the party would stand by Espino even if Roxas persisted in putting him in jail.

“Our alliance is with P-Noy (President Aquino). That alliance manifests itself as an alliance with the LP in the House of Representatives. Local politics are another matter,” said Cojuangco, son of NPC founder Eduardo “Danding” Cojuangco Jr.

“We await the evidence which will be presented by the DILG and see if it will prosper beyond the current hearsay. Without solid evidence, we will maintain our support and campaign for our candidate even if he is thrown in jail. As you know, you can be put in jail even if you have not yet been convicted,” Cojuangco said.

Valenzuela City Rep. Rex Gatchalian, the NPC spokesperson, said, “We believe that given the chance to present his side, [Espino] will be able to vindicate himself.”

Cojuangco said Espino had become a target of the LP because he was popular and that the vote-rich province was dominated by the NPC, whose members include 39 of Pangasinan’s 48 mayors.

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Politics behind drug yarn against Espino
Journal Online
http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php/...against-espino

A POLITICAL analyst and former University of the Philippines official has expressed belief that the exposé of Bugallon, Pangasinan Mayor Rodrigo Orduna pointing to Pangasinan Governor Amado Espino as protector of jueteng in their province was politically-motivated.

Dr. Perla Legaspi, former director of the UP Center for Local and Regional Governance and former vice chancellor of UP Diliman, also questioned the timing of Orduna’s exposé, especially now that the 2013 midterm elections are drawing near.

“Bakit kasi ngayon lang siya lumabas? Obvious na obvious na politika lang talaga at ang layunin ay sirain ang imahe ni Espino dahil balita ko malakas ang incumbent governor doon,” Legaspi, who is now the program head and professor at Lyceum-Northwestern University, said.

Legaspi added that it is normal that during elections all negative issues against a candidate will come out stressing that the public must be always vigilant when it pertains to governance.

Meanwhile, Sociologist Louise Abigail Payuyo said that jueteng is already an old issue but the authorities failed to act against it.

“Ilang pangulo na natin ang nagsalita hinggil sa kampanya laban sa jueteng pero wala namang nangyari diba?” Payuyu said. Earlier, the Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC) came to the defense of Espino and accused the Aquino administration of harassing the governor, in anticipation of next year’s elections.

Former Pangasinan Rep. Mark Cojuangco, provincial chair of the NPC, said that the exposé came out after a survey said that the candidate of the Liberal Party (LP) would not win against Espino.

“Kung talagang gusto ni Orduna masawata ang jueteng bakit si Espino ang isiniwalat niya at hindi iyong mga pinagkukunan niya ng jueteng payola tulad ng mga operator mismo?” Cojuangco said. Espino, who is seeking a third and last term against LP gubernatorial bet Alaminos City Mayor Hernani Braganza, was charged with plunder by Orduna before the Office of the Ombudsman in Manila, claiming that the governor allegedly accepted P900 million in payoffs from “jueteng” operators in the last 10 years.

But Cojuangco said that if Orduna is the one giving money to Espino then the mayor must also reveal to the authorities where the money was coming from.

He also challenged Interior Secretary Mar Roxas to look for the source of the alleged jueteng payola.

“Why single out Governor Espino as if he is the cause of all jueteng [operations] in the whole country? That is not right. It smacks of harassment because their candidate has no chance of winning,” Cojuangco stressed.

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Cebu bishop: Priests can’t campaign vs RH solons
Inquirer
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/328125/...n-vs-rh-solons

Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma told reporters on Wednesday he would not allow pulpits in his archdiocese to be used in the campaign in the elections next year against lawmakers who voted for the reproductive health (RH) bill.

“That is not bound to happen,” said Palma, president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines, adding that the Pope would not allow this. However, he said that lay people could campaign against those who approved the RH bill.

Already, an international prolife group is asking the people to vote against the pro-RH lawmakers.

“To our voters, please remember the names of those who voted for the RH bill. Don’t return them to office,” said Ligaya Anacta-Acosta, Human Life International director for Asia and Oceania.

In Lucena City, Fr. Robert Reyes, an activist known as the “running priest” for using marathons to publicize his causes, on Friday blamed the Catholic Church hierarchy for its failure to stop the passage of the RH bill.

“The leaders of the Church should not always talk to the faithful from the comfort of the pulpit. Every priest and bishop should now learn to step down from their pedestal and reach out to the greater masses of our suffering people to know their true condition, needs and aspiration,” Reyes said in a phone interview.

“The presence of the Church against human rights violations, agrarian reform, the plight of the urban poor and other pressing social concerns is wanting,” he lamented.

With the RH bill set to be signed into law by President Aquino, its principal author on Friday said the measure would benefit at least 7.5 million students in public schools who would be exposed to sex education.

Citing data from the Department of Education, Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman, who campaigned for the RH bill for many years, was referring to adolescents from Grade 6 to high school.

“The mandatory age and development appropriate reproductive health education among the young as prescribed in the reconciled RH bill will initially benefit no less than 7.5 million adolescents,” he said in a statement.

“The number of beneficiaries would even increase if RH education would start at an earlier grade than Grade 6 because the period of adolescence starts at an age lower than those of 6th graders,” he claimed.

Lagman cited the bill’s provision defining adolescents as “young people between the ages of 10 and 19 years who are in transition from childhood to adulthood.”

“Since the young should not be deprived of RH education just because they are enrolled in private schools, it is expected that many private elementary and secondary schools would opt to teach reproductive health education to equally educate their pupils and students,” he said.