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Peoples International Observers Mission report specific fraud and disorder cases in the 2010 Philippine elections

Friday, May 14, 2010

Press conference by the Peoples' International Observers Mission on the conduct of the 2010 elections in the Philippines




Composed of academicians, lawyers, law students, journalists, social workers, union organizers, church workers, the PIOM foreign delegates documented specific cases of fraud and violence in some of the country’s hot spot areas. (Photo by Raymund B. Villanueva / Kodao Productions / bulatlat.com)




An emotional Frances Smith of the California Nevada annual methodist church and my own church in califoriania diverted from her prepared speech to say:

I'm an old woman. I've voted in elections for years. I've served on election boards in my community. What i saw in Payatas was the truly inspirational power of the human spirit of the Filipino people. They eagerly lined up for the 7 am opening of the polls for what they thought, what they had been told, was a planned smooth, orderly process but which became increasingly chaotic as the day dragged on and on and on till 7 pm, and for some, they stayed in schools way after midnight to ensure that the ballots got transferred. If there'is some ever grand design for a smooth, worthy election process, I did not witness it here....





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