Reactionary Elections
NDF-Mindanao logs poll violence

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It was the Macapagal-Arroyo regime that was mainly responsible for the rampant fraud and violence in Mindanao in the recently concluded election. According to NDF-Mindanao spokesperson Jorge �Ka Oris� Madlos,

Among the most prominent are three murder cases in Compostela Valley: the killing of three Bayan Muna (BM) members in Laac; of Rodolfo Gogo, a BM supporter from Monkayo; and of Mt. Diwata Alliance chair Boy Galang. Four barangay captains in the second district of Zamboanga del Sur were also killed in succession.

The Arroyo administration employed all the means it could think of to cheat not only its rival candidates but progressive parties as well. They included, among others, spreading black propaganda and issuing threats; maneuvering to prevent voters from reaching their precincts; vote-buying and including the dead in voters� lists; deliberately stalling the counting in military camps especially in Moro communities; perpetrating �dagdag-bawas� (literally �add-subtract�) or vote-shaving by switching certificates of canvass; bribing COMELEC officials; and using government funds, personnel and facilities.

Noticeably, there were no incidents attributed to the Jemaah Islamiyah group, contrary to the regime�s warnings prior to the election. Also noticeable was the fact that only a few incidents could be blamed on the New People�s Army (NPA), again contrary to the regime�s propaganda that the principal threat of violence comes from the NPA. Said Ka Oris, most of the incidents linked to the NPA had to do with implementing revolutionary justice or hitting legitimate military targets and had nothing to do with the election.

21 May 2004
English Edition

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