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"I am not in the habit of changing people in every office I’m in because they are there when I came in," Abalos said in an interview. "And their loyalty should not be with me or with their former chief but with the institution they are serving."


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Commissioners Rufino Javier, Ralph Lantion and Mehol Sadain also said it was not Tancangco who has caused the discord wracking the poll body, but its chairman, Alfredo Benipayo, with his failure to observe long-standing rules.


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LANTION AND SADAIN

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No reshuffle at poll body, new Comelec chairman vows

By Sandy Araneta | June 17, 2002 - 12:00am

There will be no reshuffle at the Commission on Elections (Comelec) when its new chairman, Benjamin Abalos, assumes his new post this week. "I am not in the habit of changing people in every office I’m...

Headlines

3 Comelec execs back Tancangco

June 8, 2002 - 12:00am

Three commissioners of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) have expressed full support for their beleaguered colleague Luzviminda Tancangco, whom they called a victim of a "well-funded campaign to oust her...

Headlines

Benipayo petition vs VRIS challenged

February 22, 2002 - 12:00am

Four commissioners of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) urged the Supreme Court (SC) yesterday to junk a petition filed earlier by their boss, Chairman Alfredo Benipayo and two other commissioners seeking to...

Headlines