March 7th, 2010 by Malayang Halalan
These days, there are partylist organizations that have been organized, funded, and are being run by big businessmen, the political elite, religious organizations and others. They do this for more or less the same reason that a big businessman, political elite or religious leader runs for a local position — to protect and promote their personal interests.
This leads to the question, “Has the partylist system become BIG BUSINESS?”
If at all Ms. Glenda Gloria is interested in doing some justice, shouldn’t she come up with a list of partylist organizations which name the people behind them?
January 24th, 2010 by Malayang Halalan
Contrary to the often quoted assertion of Noynoy Aquino that no new laws need be filed, I think a law on political campaigns should be filed that would specifically state that:
1. Political personalities and government officials are not allowed to appear in any advertisement or public announcement. By “not allowed to appear”, this should refer to any part of their body, any emblem or logo or art associated with their personality, etcetera.
2. Political announcements or advocacy should promote only ideas, acts, or assertions.
January 11th, 2010 by Malayang Halalan
With the attack on the TESDA website, Malacanang through deputy Presidential Spokesman Gary Olivar has asked Comelec and Smartmatic to step up online security measures for the May 2010 poll automation.
In an interview quoted by Gmanews.tv when asked for a reaction to the defacement of the TESDA website:
“Of course we are concerned. This is not [...]
October 28th, 2009 by Malayang Halalan
Cheating in the 2010 automated elections seems like a lucrative idea. Perhaps this is why as soon as a new law or system is introduced, the first thing that people try to do is to find ways to cheat it.
This kind of raises the question, are Filipinos culturally inclined to cheat?
When number coding was being [...]
