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Monday, June 27, 2005 (Philippines)
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MANILA -- (Updated 8:44 p.m.) President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo apologized Monday for talking with an election official about her hopes for a million-vote margin in last year's ballot, but said she did nothing wrong and would not step down.
In a nationally televised speech, Arroyo appealed for unity as she addressed the three-week-old political crisis over the wiretapped phone chat that has sparked calls for her to resign with five years left in her term.
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Arroyo to address nation on issue of ‘vital concern’
MANILA (Updated, 3:20 p.m.) – President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will address the nation at 7 p.m. Monday on an issue of “vital concern,” her spokesman said, setting off speculation that she would break her silence on politically explosive allegations that she rigged last year’s elections.
A lawyer critical to President Arroyo filed an impeachment complaint against her before the House of Representatives for “betrayal of public trust” and a “truth commission” is being formed by the civil society groups, who have helped install the President in 2001, to investigate the alleged wiretapped tapes linking her to poll fraud.
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Non-payment of taxes will harm people: Arroyo aide
| MANILA -- Malacañang warned Sunday that the non-payment of taxes proposed by human rights lawyer and former senator Rene Saguisag to compel President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to speak up on the audiotape controversy is illegal and would only end up hurting the public. |
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Oro mayor admits being victim of tape case
| CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- The wiretapped conversation that allegedly occurred between President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and poll commissioner Virgilio Garcilliano may possibly be manufactured in order to sow public animosity against the President. |
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