Party List Group Identified With Malacanang

People are always saying that there are groups identified with the administration. Here is the list of those groups alleged to be identified with Malacanang. Is this true. I hope that people behind these party list will speak up. This list came from Pinoy Votester2007

        Below is a list of “partylist groups” that are fronts of the Arroyo
regime and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). This list was
prepared by KONTRA DAYA (a broad-based election watchdog formed to
expose the very possible repeat of wholesale election fraud in the May
2007 Philippine elections). Please circulate widely to expose these
groups. REJECT these groups in the coming elections!!!

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1. AT (Aangat Tayo) connected to PITC Usec. Teddie Elson Rivera

2. Abono connected to House Speaker Jose De Venecia

3. Agbiag! Timpuyog Ilocano, Inc. connected to Office of External
Affairs Asec. Marcelo Farinas II

4. Aging Pinoy (Aging Pilipino Organization, Inc.) connected to
Norberto Gonzales

5. Ahon (Ahon Pinoy) Dante “Klink” Ang II (1st nominee)

6. Ahonbayan connected to Norberto Gonzales

7. APOI (Akbay Pinoy OFW-National, Inc.) DILG Usec. Melchor Rosales
(1st nominee), DILG NCR Dir. Rodolfo Feraren (2nd nominee)

8. AKSA (Aksyon Sambayanan) connected to Norberto Gonzales

9. ANAD ( Alliance for Nationalism and Democracy) supported by the AFP

10. ANAK (Angat Ating Kabuhayan Pilipinas, Inc.) Supt. Eduardo
Octaviano, NCRPO-PNP (1st nominee)

11. ANC ( Alliance of Neo-Conservatives) Usec. for Presidential
Appointments Liel Cordoba

12. Ang Kasangga member, Sigaw ng Bayan

13. ARC (Alliance of Rural Concerns) Archie Santiago (son of Sen.
Miriam Santiago)

14. ATS ( Alliance Transport Sector) Ariel Lim, Presidential Assistant
for Public Transport Affairs

15. ABA-AKO Percy Chavez, chairperson, Presidential Commission for the
Urban Poor

16. Babae Ka (Babae para sa Kaunlaran) member, Sigaw ng Bayan; Sally
Dagami (1st nominee), Ruth Vasquez (2nd nominee)

17. BANAT (Barangay Association for National Advancement of
Transparency) Raul Lambino (1st nominee)

18. Bantay Ret. Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan (1st nominee)

19. Bigkis (Bigkis Pinoy Movement) connected to PAGCOR Chair Ephraim
Genuino

20. BP (Biyaheng Pinoy) Dr. Arsenio Abalos, Jesus Cruz (vice-mayor of
Mandaluyong)

21. Kalahi (Advocates for Overseas Filipinos) Poe Gratela, former
Office of External Affairs coordinator for OFW concerns (1st nominee)

22. VFP (Veterans Freedom Party) supported by the AFP

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Voter’s Prayer

Lord, make me an instrument of your  presence in the Polls.

Where there is coercion and violence, 

Let me sow seeds of love; Where there is bribery & vote buying, 

Let me sow seeds of integrity; Where there is discord, Let me sow seeds of unity;

Where there is electoral fraud,  Let me sow seeds of honesty;

Where there is duplicity and propaganda,  Let me sow seeds of truth; Where there is indifference, 

Let me sow seeds of care and concern; And, where there is despair in the Electoral Process, 

Let me sow seeds of Hope.

O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much  think of my selfish motives  when I vote.  Instill in me a deep sense of communal  solidarity in my critical choice of candidates  that would rise above  the traditional politics of PAY-OFF, PERSONALITY  and PATRONAGE.  Enlighten me to elect worthy men  and women that embody the true spirit of public  service in their  moral consciousness.

For it is in voting responsibly that we receive  the fruits of true democracy.   And it is in dying as a seed to our selfishness  that we are born to eternal life. Amen

Mary, Queen of Peace, pray for us. 

St. Lorenzo Ruiz, pray for us. Blessed Pedro Calungsod, pray for us.  That in all things, God may be glorified.

 

 

LP will share official tally w/Go

Posted May 03, 2007 10:27:00(Mla Time)

Veronica Uy
MANILA, Philippines — The Liberal Party (LP) has said that it would share with the Genuine Opposition (GO) the data contained in the official election tallies it would get after it has been declared as the dominant minority party by the Comelec on Elections.

In a statement Thursday, LP president Franklin Drilon welcomed the Comelec decision, saying this will pave the way for the implementation of a “prearranged working agreement” with its coalition partners in the GO to prevent fraud in the May 14 mid-term elections.

Drilon, in Bali, Indonesia attending an assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, said LP would share the copies of May 14 election returns on the precinct level, the statements of votes, and the certificates of canvassing that the dominant minority party would be entitled to with its opposition coalition partners.

“We applaud the Comelec decision as this would contribute greatly to the determined efforts of the Liberal Party and the Genuine Opposition to keep the May 14 elections as clean, honest, and credible as possible,” he added.

The decision comes after the Supreme Court last month ruled that Drilon was the legitimate president of the 60-year-old political party. The high tribunal upheld a Comelec decision annulling the rump elections of rival Manila Mayor Jose “Lito” Atienza at the Manila Hotel last year.

LP senatorial candidate Tarlac Representative Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino said that in areas where LP has no candidates, it would authorize its GO coalition partners, including those in civil society and the partylist groups, to represent LP as the dominant minority.

On Wednesday, Comelec en banc declared the Lakas Christian-Muslim Democrats (Lakas-CMD) the dominant majority party and the LP the dominant minority party.

Lakas’ designation as the dominant majority party will entitle it to the fifth copy of the election returns. LP will have the sixth copy and will also be entitled to appoint one of the recognized principal watchers during the polls.

With this development, Aquino said GO would remain the umbrella political coalition of the opposition’s senatorial and local candidates.

GO is a multi-party and multi-sectoral coalition that includes the LP, United Opposition (UNO), Nacionalista Party, National People’s Coalition (NPC), Aksyon Demokratiko, PDP-Laban, Partido ng Masang Pilipino, and civil society groups.

LP director general Chit Asis said her party deserved to be declared the dominant minority party because it has the biggest network of all incumbent public officials and candidates in the May polls compared to the other opposition parties.

Aside from being the second oldest political party in the Philippines, Asis said the LP has a total of 1,756 incumbent officials in national and local offices; has 188 local chapters nationwide; and is fielding a total of 2,284 candidates for national and local positions for the coming May 14 elections.

Inquirer.net

Opposition bets criticize security lapses in Capitol

Cebu Daily News
Last updated 11:55am (Mla time) 05/03/2007
THE opposition party yesterday criticized what they called security lapses in the Capitol compound with the killing of Sta. Fe standard bearer Councilor Rogelio Ilustrisimo Sr.

“Dili ta secured inside the compound (We are not secured inside the compound)” said outgoing Rep. Antonio Yapha Jr. of the 3rd district who is challenging the reelection bid of Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia.

His running mate, outgoing Rep. Clavel Asas-Martinez of the 4th district said it was the duty of the provincial government “to secure the area where the seat of the provincial government lies.”

“ The crime was done in the Capitol premises…what happened to all the money spent by the government for the security camera? Kinsa may magdahom nga mahitabo to? How can they protect the rest of the province?” she said.

Her husband, former congressman Celestino Martinez Jr., said the governor should be made to answer for the lax security inside the Capitol compound, adding that the killing was a “slap on her face.”

Former Sogod vice mayor Dean Dosado, who is running for Provincial Board member in the 5th district, said the killing was an insult to Cebu Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia.

He pointed out that the provincial government had spent so much in hiring blue guards from Spectrum Security Agency as well as installing security cameras in the Capitol.

Fifth district congressional candidate Gilbert Wagas said the governor and her brother Capitol Consultant for Security Byron Garcia should be held accountable for the security lapses.

“Whether we like it or not Gwen is accountable under the doctrine of command responsibility. How much is allocated for the security? Where can you find a Capitol in the whole world that hire a security consultant? They are answerable, they should explain to the people,” he said.

In the meantime, the Cebu City Council passed a resolution, extending their condolence to the family of slain former mayor.

The resolution, authored by Councilor Sylvan Jakosalem, called on the police to “exert their earnest efforts to capture the person or persons responsible for the death of Ilustrisimo so that justice could be attained by his family.”

In an interview, Jakosalem who went to the crime scene said the killing affected the security of the city.

“The fact is the crime was perpetuated in the jurisdiction of Cebu City. It’s an insult because it is done in front of (Commission on Elections). Security is supposed to be high in this area but of course we cannot blame (the Capitol) for security lapses but we have to double efforts of providing security to all other candidates,” he said.

Chief of Reporters Suzzane Alueta and Correspondent Jhunnex Napallacan

(UPDATE 2) Cory Aquino’s phone bugged

By Maila Ager, Tetch Torres
INQUIRER.net
Last updated 12:21pm (Mla time) 05/03/2007
MANILA, Philippines — A surveillance device has been discovered at the residence of former president Corazon Aquino in Quezon City.

The former president described the tape to media as the “size of a car stereo with an ordinary cassette tape inside.”

The device was discovered by crew of the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) who had been doing a regular check up every two weeks on so-called cross switching stations of the PLDT, according to Congressman Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III, the former leader’s son, in a separate interview.

The equipment was a two-piece wiretapping device made up of a tape recorder and a power supply, the Tarlac lawmaker said.

“Kahapon binuksan [The box was opened yesterday] as part of the routine at may nakita silang [and they saw a] two-piece device consisting of a tape recorder and a power supply,” the young Aquino told reporters.

“Nung tiningan kung anong linyang kinabitan, natuklasan na sa nanay ko po kaya minabuti na informed nanay ko early evening [When they checked on which line the box had been attached to, they discovered that it was connected to my mom that’s why they informed my mother early evening],” he said.

“In our house, there are three phone lines, one for everybody’s use, one for Noynoy, and one for herself. The PLDT said the device was connected to her line,” according to Mrs. Aquino.

“Ang tingin ng PLDT at ng pulis [The PLDT and police think], the device was meant to be seen,” said the former president.

She said it was placed inside the phone box located at the corner of West Triangle and 6th West St., about 100 meters away from her house.

Mrs. Aquino admitted that for several days, there was static everytime she would use the phone but added that she was not worried because she only used the phone to check on her kids and campaign schedules of her son.

“Baka ang na-tap si [They must have tapped] Joshua,” said the former president, referring to the son of her youngest daughter and television host, Kris Aquino.

She said that the device had been turned over to Senior Superintendent Magtanggol Gatdula of the Quezon City police district but that the tape was given to her.

She warned others to be careful.

“Let this serve as a warning to others to be careful. I told my children before that information that they would not want others to know should not be told on the telephone,” Mrs. Aquino said in Filipino.

“Sanay na ako dito [I amused to this]. I’ve been through worse times before. During martial law time, yung mga phone conversations ginagamitan namin ng mga [our phone conversations would be peppered with] codes because we assume that there is someone listening. Ngayon lang na-confirm [We confirmed this only now],” she said.

Congressman Aquino urged the PLDT to act on this matter as he challenged the government to put behind bars those responsible.

“Hinahamon po natin ang gobyerno na madala at makulong yung mga gumawa nito natural sila ang magiging unang suspek kung may gagawa ng ganitong operation [We are challenging the government to bring to justice and put behind bars those responsible. Naturally, the government will be the first suspect in such an operation],” the lawmaker said.

Since they are in the opposition, the young Aquino said they assumed that they would be monitored by their perceived enemies.

“But I think this [is] one of the first times na may [that] physical evidence kaming na recover [has been recovered],” he said.

The Tarlac legislator said however that he could not think of any reason why the former leader would be monitored except that she was a “person of interest.”

Mrs. Aquino, widow of senator Benigno Aquino Jr., was catapulted to the presidency in 1986 via a military-backed popular revolt that ended the 20-year rule of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos.

The former leader has since been a voice on issues affecting the country and has once more taken the side of the opposition after she called for the resignation of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo over allegations of fraud in the 2004 elections.

Originally posted at 10:41am

Binay challenges Lapid, admin bets to sign poll pact

04/01/2007 | 10:44 PM

Makati City Mayor Jejomar Binay asked Sunday the local candidates of the Arroyo administration led by Senator Lito Lapid, who is challenging the former, to sign a covenant for Honest, Orderly and Peaceful Elections or HOPE.

Binay made the call after Lapid and his co-administration candidates in Makati snubbed the signing of the HOPE last Friday, which was initiated by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and the Makati City Police headed by Superintendent Gilbert Cruz.

“We are hoping for an orderly and honest election to be observed and respected by all candidates in Makati. It is unfortunate that the candidates of Mrs Arroyo, apparently, boycotted the event” Binay said.

Binay, along with his running mate incumbent Vice Mayor Ernesto Mercado, his daughter Abigail Binay, who is running as representative for the second district of Makati, and the other candidates for councilors in Makati of the Performance Team signed the covenant for HOPE last Friday.

“The conspicuous absence of any of the local candidates of the Arroyo administration at the covenant signing may be an indication that they have no intention of following election rules” Binay said.

Aside from Binay, the other officials who were present during the signing of the covenant for HOPE included Comelec Makati director Michael Dioneda Cruz, Comelec election officers Adalia Lopez-Tambuang for district I and lawyer Melanie Lagera for district II, a Catholic priest and a Muslim imam. - GMANews.TV

SunStar: Benguet town ‘loses’ 40 cops to poll dut

05/03/2007 | 09:34 AM

While some areas in the Cordillera region will likely beef up police personnel, a town in Benguet province will lose nearly half of its policemen in time for the May 14 elections.

SunStar Baguio reported Thursday that 40 policemen will be pulled out from La Trinidad in Benguet for deployment to other municipalities during the May 14 elections.

Chief Insp. Reynaldo Pawid, head of the La Trinidad police, said this means almost half of the town’s police officers would be pulled out to augment police personnel in other localities.

Pawid said the move is meant to help other towns that lack police personnel. “[But] we are not certain yet where our personnel would be stationed,” he said.

However, he quickly assured that La Trinidad would not fall short of security officers despite the impending pullout.

“We don’t foresee any problem with the pullout of our police officers to other municipalities,” he said.

The town has 83 police officers. The remaining personnel would man the town’s 21 polling centers. Each polling station should be manned by at least one police officer, Pawid said.

Police officers who would serve as security officers on Election Day are not allowed to go beyond the 50-meter radius from the polling centers.

Unless the situation calls for it, they are also not allowed to enter the voting centers. – GMANews.TV

3 leftist party-list groups lead Pulse Asia survey

05/02/2007 | 03:58 PM

Results of the May14 midterm elections for party-list groups would still be in favor of groups that represented the previous Congress. Top three of these left-leaning groups would get three seats each, the maximum allowed by law.

This is the summary of the results of a nationwide survey conducted by Pulse Asia from April 21 to 25 on Filipino voters’ party-list preferences that had 1,800 respondents.

Survey results showed that Bayan Muna would still be the leading party-list group as it got the highest overall voter preference of 12.3 percent.

Next to it are Gabriela Women’s Party with 6. 9 percent voter preference and Anakpawis with 6.8 percent. Like Bayan Muna, the two groups would also have three congressional seats, Pulse Asia said.

Meanwhile, Angat Ating Kabuhayan Pilipinas with 5.1 percent preference and Akbayan Citizen’s Action Party with 4.7 percent, will get two seats each.

The following groups on the other hand would get one seat each in Congress: Buhay Hayaang Yumabong (3.6 percent), An Waray (2.8 percent), Filipinos for Peace, Justice, and Progress Movement (2.7 percent), Association of Philippine Electric Cooperatives (2.2 percent), Citizens’ Battle Against Corruption (2.2 percent) and Anak Mindanao (2.1 percent). - GMANews.TV

Arroyo shelves naming 7th poll commissioner

05/02/2007 | 03:56 PM

With the May 14 elections less than two weeks away, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has opted not to appoint a seventh commissioner to the Commission on Elections (Comelec).

Radio station dzBB quoted Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita as saying that President Arroyo found the search process “tedious” given the limited time left.

The President has the sole authority to appoint members to the seven-man poll body.

Ermita said the President would need more time to review the qualifications of candidates for the post.

Comelec Commissioner Resurreccion Borra was quoted in earlier newspaper reports as saying that he and his five other colleagues were spread thin given the task of managing nationwide and local polls as well as other matters such as electoral protests.

The Comelec en banc is made up of Comelec chair Benjamin Abalos Sr and Commissioners Borra, Florentino Tuason Jr, Romeo Brawner, Nicodemo Ferrer, and Rene Sarmiento.

Last year, President Arroyo apologized for speaking to an unnamed poll official at the height of the canvassing of the May 2004 presidential elections.

The President’s critics said the poll executive was former Elections commissioner Virgilio Garcillano and that their conversation was to ensure Mrs Arroyo’s one million vote lead over the late Fernando Poe Jr would be maintained. - GMANews.TV

BIR seizes 35 Binay, Makati govt bank accounts

05/02/2007 | 05:56 PM

The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) ordered Wednesday the seizure of 35 bank accounts of reelectionist Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay and the city government from commercial and government-owned banks in Makati, Manila, Pasig City and Quezon City.

The BIR issued the order to be able to collect the P 1.1 billion worth of unpaid withholding taxes of 8,000 employees that the city government failed to remit to the bureau from 1999 to 2002.

Binay started to lead Makati in 1986 as officer-in-charge under then President Corazon Aquino’s transitional government. He ruled the city for three more terms until his wife Elenita took over his post. Binay went back to his post in 2001.

BIR revenue officer Roberto Baquiran signed and issued the warrant of garnishment against the bank accounts that belonged to Binay, the city government and the city’s treasurer and accountant.

Twenty nine of these accounts are found in commercial banks in Makati, two are in Manila, three in Pasig and one in Quezon City. The monies are deposited in the following banks: the Philippine National Bank, Land Bank of the Philippines, Bank of the Philippine Islands, Metrobank, Allied Bank, Asia Trust Bank, Equtable-PCI Bank and the Development Bank of the Philippines.

Baquiran said the city government of Makati has total unpaid withholding tax of P1,150,331,321.81.

He said the P1.1 billion unpaid withholding taxes of the City government include P482,380,098.20 for 1999; P397,920,966.04 for 2000; P208,396,766.58 for 2001 and P61,633,490.99 for 2002 or a total of P1,150,331,321.81.

“In this connection, we respectfully request the application of the aforesaid warrant of garnishment against any available funds of the subject taxpayers through validation of BIR 0605 form for the payment of the above tax liabilities” Baquiran said.

Baquiran said Binay has no other legal recourse but to pay the city government’s P1.1 billion tax obligation.

“”Aside from the garnishments, the 1997 Tax Code and existing BIR regulations are very specific, that the remittance of withholding taxes are the duty of the City Mayor and Treasurer. And if they fail to do so, both are equally liable for criminal penalties as provided for under the law” Baquiran said.

He said that if proven guilty for tax evasion, Binay and the city treasurer could be facing lifetime prison terms for the P1.1 billion tax liabilities.

“The banks are required to transfer the money from the bank accounts of Mayor Binay, the city treasurer and the city government which are covered by the warrant of garnishment to the Bureau of Treasury Accounts,” Baquiran said.

“We appeal to him to pay. These are taxes of the employees of the city government. There is no more way for a compromise because the period given to him to do this already lapsed. The taxes will only be fully paid when we have confirmation from the banks,” he added. - GMANews.TV