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Why disturb the peace to force a quick turnover when the May 2004 elections are just six short months away? If the opposition wants to change the sitting President, the best way to do this is to field candidates who can do better than the incumbent.


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LAWYER ALFREDO LAZARO

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Can Comelec recover money paid for machine?

By ROSES AND THORNS | By Alejandro R. Roces | March 25, 2004 - 12:00am

Last January, the Supreme Court decided that the bidding process for the P1.3 billion project of the Commission on Elections had been tainted and that there were technical flaws in the machines. The Comelec and the...

Opinion

Can Comelec safeguard integrity of 2004 polls?

By POSTSCRIPT | By Federico D. Pascual Jr. | November 13, 2003 - 12:00am

WAIT FOR 2004: It is obvious that the objective of those unruly marches in Makati yesterday was to pressure President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to resign. (She won’t.) Why disturb the peace to force a quick turnover...

Opinion