Wednesday, March 07, 2007 Comelec bias against opposition candidates: Villar By Nicolas C. Delfin
SENATE President Manny Villar said Tuesday the Commission on Elections (Comelec) is biased with regards to the enforcement of election guidelines on illegal posting of campaign materials.
"Kami sa opposition ang laging nahuhuli samantalang yung nasa administration ay nahuli na ngunit yung mga poster nila ay andoon pa rin hanggang sa ngayon.
Natangal ko na ang lahat ng poster ko, samantalang ang mga posters ng mga nasa adminstration ay hindi pa rin natatanggal. Din naman tama yan, sana pantay-pantay lang," Villar said. We, in the opposition, are always caught while those who are in the administration although they are caught their posters are still there. I've removed all my posters while those in the administration have not removed theirs. That is no longer right hope everything will be just fair)
Just recently the Comelec in Zamboanga City has filed a complaint against Villar and his supporters after his posters were found in areas not designated by the Comelec.
His fellow Genuine Opposition (GO) candidate Panfilo "Ping" Lacson also suffered from the same violation and 10 of his supporters were detained. Later, however, the case was dismissed.
Team Unity senatorial bets former Chief of Staff Mike Defensor, Sen. Edgardo Angara and Prospero Pichay also faced the same charges.
