Elite groups press Comelec on manual count 04/26/2010

Warn of protest actions vs poll body Elite groups press Comelec on manual count 04/26/2010 Insisting that a parallel and manual count at the precinct level would bring about credible elections, an elite group of businessmen, who are mostly identified with the National Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel), yesterday called a press conference at the Club Filipino in Greenhills, San Juan City, putting additional pressure on the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to allow a parallel count of the ballots in the precinct level. The press conference was carried live on the Lopez cable network yesterday morning. There were hints from some members of the group that, apart from coming up with an open letter to the Comelec, massive protest actions will be employed. Earlier, there was staged in front of the Comelec, the so-called “Jericho” march, which harks back to the biblical Jericho walls that crumbled. The business groups warned of massive protests to be staged but failed to state whether these would be staged before the polls, or after the polls.... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20100426hed1.html

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