Another bloody election AN OUTSIDERS VIEW Ken Fuller 03/16/2010

Another bloody election

AN OUTSIDERS VIEW Ken Fuller 03/16/2010 As reported in this newspaper last Friday, the Philippine Institute for Peace, Violence and Terrorism Research has predicted that this year’s elections will be the most violent yet with, including the victims of the Maguindanao massacre, 90 dead already. But even this seems to be an under-estimate. It depends when you start counting. Last October, the police announced that 75 local office-holders had already died in the first nine months of 2009. There were a further 16 election-related deaths between Jan. 10 and March 6 this year. So add the 57 Maguindanao victims and you have a partial total of 148. Writing a piece on this subject for a UK publication a few days ago, I realized that it was incumbent upon me to try to explain this phenomenon. What was the root cause of this electoral mayhem?... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.tribune.net.ph/commentary/20100316com5.html

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