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Comelec files electoral sabotage case vs Abalos 12/08/2011

Thursday, December 8, 2011

Comelec files electoral sabotage case vs Abalos

12/08/2011
Former Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Benjamin Abalos was charged with electoral sabotage before a Pasay City court yesterday in connection with the alleged irregularities in the 2007 mid-term elections.


The case against Abalos was based on the findings of a joint Comelec-Department of Justice (DoJ) panel that investigated the alleged rigging of election results in 2007 to favor senatorial candidates allied with the then Arroyo administration.

Aside from Abalos, also charged were former North Cotabato Provincial Supervisor Yogie Martirizar and Capt. Peter Reyes of the Intelligence Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (Isafp)..... MORE

SourceThe Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20111208hed2.html

1 comment

Jesusa Bernardo said...

kapal mo lang abalos. si koko pimentel ba ang walang konsensya kamo??

"He added the charges were an injustice and appealed to Sen. Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel, who filed the case, to have a conscience...

"Abalos was appointed Comelec chairman in 2002 by Arroyo. He resigned in October 2007 after he was linked to a multimillion-dollar corruption issue involving a national broadband project by the government with a Chinese firm."

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