Poll failure, no; No-proc, maybe
03/22/2010 It was Senate Minority Leader Nene Pimentel who advised at our Kapihan sa Sulo forum sometime back that there can be no failure of elections under the 1987 Charter and current election laws. The reason for this is simple, according to the long term senator and veteran street parliamentarian. Unlike in other countries where a specific percentage of the registered voters, say a simple majority, have to vote in order for the elections to be upheld and stamped okay, ours does not have such a numerical requirement. So, let us say only 10 percent of registered voters did vote, that will not impede the proclamation of a winner for as long as the candidate garners the most number of votes. The Mindanao solon posited that.... MORE Source: The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.tribune.net.ph/commentary/20100322com4.html |
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