Not kosher at all
| FRONTLINE |
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| Ninez Cacho-Olivares |
Reports are out that poll Chairman Jose Melo has opted for early retirement, as he is also said to have accepted an offer from Noynoy Aquino to join his administration.
This is a puzzling development, to say the least, considering the fact that Noynoy, shortly after the chaos and confusion of the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections, marked moreover with irregularities and violence, not to mention disenfranchisement of voters and fraud, said he was holding the Commission on Elections (Comelec) responsible and liable for the messed up polls.
But if he blames the Comelec for the snafus that accompanied the village and SK elections — and for certain, as Melo is its chairman, then obviously, he too, must be held responsible and accountable, as all the other commissioners and their officials must be held liable — why then is Noynoy offering an administration job to the Comelec chairman?
Doing so is akin to absolving Melo, nay the entire Comelec, since Melo as its chairman, is the face of the Comelec..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20101028com2.html
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