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Zero enforcement = deadwood laws
THE COMMISSION on Elections has spelled out campaign finance rules that are clear about spending limits, reporting requirements and deadlines, and penalties. The clarity ends on…
By Che De Los Reyes·August 12, 2010
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All right to lie, cheat, bluff? Election laws gray, untested
IT WAS 1992; Fidel V. Ramos had just been voted as president, and Joseph ‘Erap’ Estrada as vice president. Presidential bet Miriam Defensor Santiago was crying foul, saying she had…
By Che De Los Reyes·August 12, 2010
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Party-list groups, 4 top bets conspire to skirt caps on ads
THEY are avowed representatives of the poor and the marginalized, but in the May 10, 2010 elections, 12 party-list groups allied with two candidates for president, one for vice…
By Annie Ruth Sabangan·August 11, 2010
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Rebuffs & denials
PCIJ tried to reach the political parties and candidates involved, with varying levels of success. Attempts to pin down Presidential Spokesman Edwin Lacierda, for example, were…
By Karol Ilagan·August 10, 2010
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Top bets for Prez, VP, party-lists in orgy of omissions, half-truths
BY ALL ACCOUNTS, the May 10, 2010 polls was the costliest ever in Philippine electoral history. The top candidates for president and vice president alone spent P4.3 billion on…
By Karol Ilagan·August 10, 2010
