Tuesday, March 28, 2006 (Philippines)

But they have been providing lawyer services, they admit: (from left) Antonio Binarao, Marcelo Inodio, Hilario Dalgo and Antonio de Real. All admitted having signed legal documents for several years although they had not passed the bar and none of them had gone to law school. (Sun.star photo/Amper Campaña) It will take some time for efforts to amend the 1987 Constitution to prosper in Cebu City, after local poll officers said they have no way of verifying the signatures gathered in the people’s initiative campaign. The local poll office also cannot start processing the signed forms since there are no instructions yet from the Commission on Elections (Comelec) central office, City Election Officer Simaco Labata said. “There is no order from Comelec Manila regarding the matter and even if there was, we cannot verify the signatures because we have no basis for verification since all our voters’ records are in Manila,” he told Sun.Star Cebu. [full story]