Watchdog group warns Maguindanao case to haunt Arryo gov’t, calls on Senate to conduct probe

 
Election watchdog Kontra Daya, warned that the Maguindanao case will haunt the Arroyo administration in the same way the ‘Hello Garci’ scandal marred the legitimacy of the Arroyo presidency.
 
Fr. Joe Dizon, Kontra Daya spokesperson said. “There is no doubt that the Maguindanao elections and the entire elections in Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) [...]

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Election watchdog hits Comelec for finishing Maguindanao canvass

Election watchdog Kontra Daya ambasted the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for canvassing the “highly-tainted” votes from the province despite contentions from the opposition and election watchdogs.  It also said in a statement that it eagerly awaits the arrest of Lintang Bedol, the head of Maguindanao provincial board of canvassers.
Fr. Joe Dizon, Kontra Daya spokesperson, said, [...]

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Kontra Daya hits counting of Maguindanao votes

Election watchdog Kontra Daya hit the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for counting the highly-tainted votes from Maguindanao. Kontra Daya joined other groups in a motorcade, June 26.
Fr. Joe Dizon, Kontra Daya spokesperson, castigated Comelec Chair Benjamin Abalos for “his shameless efforts” to put Team Unity’s Miguel Zubiri on the 12th slot.
Dizon said, “It is so [...]

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Kontra Daya: Abalos accomplice to Maguindanao fraud

Election watchdog Kontra Daya said Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chair Benjamin Abalos is an accomplice to the massive fraud in Maguindanao.
Fr. Joe Dizon, Kontra Daya spokesperson, said, “Abalos does not confront head on the accusations of massive fraud in Maguindanao. Instead, he obscures the situation to give leeway for machinations in favor of administration candidate [...]

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Kontra Daya says PPCRV grade to Comelec, accolade undeserved; asserts Comelec must be punished instead

Election watchdog Kontra Daya deemed that the grade of “Needs Improvement” given by the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) as an ‘accolade undeserved by the Commission on Elections (Comelec).’
Fr. Joe Dizon, Kontra Daya spokesperson, said, “We are disappointed by how the PPCRV rates the Comelec. We expect them to join us in asserting [...]

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Farcical and Fraudulent; The Kontra Daya Assessment of Elections in ARMM

The provinces of Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM)–Basilan, Sulu, Tawi-Tawi, Lanao del Sur, Shariff Kabunsuan and Maguindanao—figured in the “Hello Garci” tapes, the conversations between a woman who many believe to be President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and a man identified by many as former commissioner of the Commission on Elections (Comelec), Virgilio “Garci” Garcillano.
 
In [...]

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