Aquino’s ‘patience’ wins Senate support in postponing ARMM polls By Aytch S. de la Cruz 06/08/2011

Aquino’s ‘patience’ wins Senate support in postponing ARMM polls

By Aytch S. de la Cruz 06/08/2011
Malacañang yesterday claimed that its surprising success in getting the Senate’s support on the postponement of the scheduled elections in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) was purely borne out of President Aquino’s “patience” in convincing the 13 senators who voted favorably in passing the legislation.

Presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda said Aquino merely explained patiently to all the lawmakers in both the House of Representatives and the Senate the reasons behind his desire to defer the conduct of elections in the ARMM and synchronize it with the 2013 national elections.

“Obviously, we were not able to convince some of the senators but we were able to convince a majority of the senators and they saw the (reasons) why we should postpone the ARMM elections. We emphasized that we want to prevent aberration of command votes, save on costs, and introduce reform measures in the ARMM... We want to have true meaningful elections in the ARMM,” Lacierda said in a chance interview..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

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