Drilon seeks to move ARMM polls to 2013 By Angie M. Rosales 03/28/2011

Drilon seeks to move ARMM polls to 2013

By Angie M. Rosales 03/28/2011

A known Malacañang ally in the Senate has filed a bill calling for the postponement of the electoral exercise in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) this year and hold it instead simultaneous with the 2013 national polls.

Senate Bill 2756, introduced by Sen. Franklin Drilon, is effectively the counterpart measure to the proposal in the House of Representatives approved last Wednesday, and in support of the call of President Aquino to put aside the holding of the electoral exercise in the meantime.

Drilon said the conduct of a separate elections for the ARMM will cost P1.8 billion this year.

“It is opportune time for the new administration to be more prudent and discerning in its current expenditures. The savings to be realized from the postponement of the elections may instead be used for urgent social services and physical infrastructures needed in the region,” he said..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

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