A soldier, center, guards a ballot box at Marawi's People's Park where canvassing of 13 towns in Lanao del Sur started on Sunday. A special election was conducted Sunday after poll officials refused to man their post because of threats from rival political clans. (AP photo)
CEBU CITY -- Visayan members of Congress and top officials of the political party Kampi are pushing for former governor Pablo Garcia to be the next speaker of the House of Representatives, according to lawyer Martin Romualdez, congressman-elect from Leyte.
Romualdez, in a telephone interview with Sun.Star, said he believes Garcia will bring a “positive change” to a Congress that the public no longer trusts.
MANILA -- The Arroyo administration said Sunday the failure of the special elections in parts of Lanao del Sur stresses the urgency to reform the antiquated electoral system in the country.
DAVAO CITY -- The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) is ready to help in the hunt for one of the most wanted terrorists in the United States believed to be hiding in the vast Liguasan Marsh.
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- Three election protests from the towns of El Salvador, Balingasag and Villanueva, all in the province of Misamis Oriental, are now pending at the local courts.
