Electoral sabotage in Imus
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| Jonathan De la Cruz |
Compared with what happened and is being allowed to happen by Imus Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 22 Presiding Judge Cesar Mangrobang in the electoral protest filed by defeated candidate Emmanuel Maliksi against incumbent Mayor Homer Saquilayan, former President now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s indictment for “electoral sabotage” based on the belated and questionable testimony of then Maguindanao provincial administrator Unas that he “overheard her ordering the shut out of the opposition in the 2007 elections” is a joke. If Unas’ testimony is the only evidence that government has against GMA then this much publicized case can easily be overturned.
In the case of Imus, the evidence of electoral sabotage is so strong only a blind or blinded person cannot see. Yet, through means which can only be described as brazen and illegal, Mangrobang has ordered Saquilayan’s ouster and Maliksi’s seating to the consternation of Imus voters who gave the former an overwhelming vote of confidence in the 2010 elections. Maliksi who was then the incumbent got a vote of 39,682 while Saquilayan got 48,181 or a commanding margin of 8,499..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20111128com4.html
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