ARMM polls deferment illegal
| BLURBAL THRUSTS |
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| Louie Logarta |
Malacañang has signified it intent on securing the postponement of elections in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) that are scheduled this coming August, in accordance with law, and have them synchronized with the regular midterm 2013 polls.
Administration apologists say there are two reasons for the poll deferment: First, cost constraints, because the government will have to shell out around P4 billion to underwrite the electoral exercise, something that it can ill-afford at this present time. Second, the ongoing peace talks, because President Aquino wants to make the dialog with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) work by giving in to their demands that the ARMM polls be put off for some later date until the results are clear.
In order to accomplish this, the Palace has included the postponement of ARMM elections among the 17 priority bills they would be asking Congress to fast-track, which would be presented for discussion during the Feb. 28 meeting of the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council.
But for all intents and purposes, this is already a done deal because no one in his right mind would dare contradict the wishes of P-Noy once he has set his mind to it..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110213com4.html
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