Erap set to ask high court to postpone polls By Gerry Baldo 05/07/2010

Erap set to ask high court to postpone polls

By Gerry Baldo 05/07/2010 Former President Estrada, standard bearer of the Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino (PMP), is set to ask the Supreme Court (SC) to prevent the Commission on Elections (Comelec) from holding the election on May 10 next week and for the poll body to prepare for a manual counting of votes as a fallback position in the event the precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines fail. Estrada, at a press conference at the Club Filipino yesterday, said there should be provisions for a manual counting of votes to ensure that there would be no failure of election. Estrada was with PMP senatorial candidates including Agusan del Sur Rep. Rodolfo “Ompong” Plaza; former Negros Occidental Rep. Apolinario “Jun’ Lozada; former Sen. Francisco “Kit” Tatad; businessman Joey de Venecia; reelectionist Senators Jinggoy Estrada and Juan Ponce Enrile; and former Sanlakas Rep. JV Bautista. Local candidates of the PMP were also present during the press conference including, Ilocos Sur gubernatorial bet Rambo Rafanan, Quezon City mayoralty bet Annie Rose Susano, Makati mayoralty bet Junjun Binay, and Pasay City mayoralty bet Connie Dy.... MORE   Source:  The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20100507hed2.html

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