ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanao Examiner / 25 May) – Mahigpit ang siguridad sa Basilan province para sa isang special elections matapos na lumutang ang ibat-ibang akusasyon ng pandaraya.
Ngayon Sabado isasagawa ang special elections at nagtaas na ng antas ng siguridad ang mga awtoridad dahil sa banta ng terorismo at tangkang guluhin ang botohan.
Matindi ang akusasyon sa isa’t-isa nina Rep. Abdulgani “Gerry” Salapudin at Gov. Wahab Akbar. Inakusahan ni Salapudin ng pandaraya at vote-buying si Akbar ngunit ito rin ang ibinato ng gobernador sa kongresista.
Parehong nasa huling termino na sina Akbar at Salapudin. Si Akbar ay congress ngayon ang puntirya at gobernador naman kay Salapudin. Subalit asawa ni Akbar ang katungali ni Salapudin.
Lumutang rin sa Youtube.com ang isang pahayag ng babae ukol sa dayaan na naganap sa Basilan.
Sa kanyang pahayag ay sinabi nito kung paano tinakot ng Abu Sayyaf ang mga botante. Maging ang isang barangay chairman ay idinawit nito sa pananakot nuong araw ng halalan.
Ito ang nakasaad sa video clip: “A resident of Barangay Diki, Malamawi Island, Isabela City, Basilan recounts her harrowing experience where an active Abu Sayyaf member…terrorized voters of her barangay…in the recently concluded May 14 Elections.”
Mapapanood ang clip sa "http://youtube.com/watch?v=tEKg4PtEwI8." Hindi naman agad makupirma kung may katotohanan ang alegassyon at kung sino ang nasa likod ng paglalagay nito sa Internet. (Mindanao Examiner)
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Friday, May 25, 2007
Thursday, February 01, 2007
Basilan Governor, Mayor Join Liberal Party
MANILA (Mindanao Examiner / 01 Feb) – A former ally of ex-President Joseph Estrada, Basilan Island governor Wahab Akbar and one of his town mayor Paruk Majirul, have finally joined the Liberal Party.
Akbar was said to be running for a seat in Congress and his wife, Chery, as mayor of Isabela City in Basilan in the May national elections. The former Muslim rebel-turned-politician and Majirul, of Tipo-Tipo town took their oaths as members of one of the country’s premier political party in Manila on Wednesday.
Manila Mayor Lito Atienza presided over the ceremony held at the Manila City Hall, according to the official Liberal Party blogsite which can be found on the URL http://liberalpartyphilippines.blogspot.com.
It said the Liberal Party presence in Mindanao continues to grow with the swearing-in of Akbar.
"As you can see, we continue to grow,” said Liberal Party director general Eli Quinto. “The marching orders of the Mayor (Atienza) is to strengthen the Party, most of all through expansion, especially in areas we’ve been historically weak in like Mindanao and Negros."
"We welcome Gov. Akbar, Mayor Majirul and Mr. Dy to our ranks, and hope this is the start of an increased and effective Liberal presence in Mindanao and the province of Negros," Quinto said.
Akbar could not be reached for confirmation.
Estrada was ousted in 2001 by a popular people power revolution that catapulted Vice President Gloria Arroyo, with whom Akbar later sided.
Akbar is on his third and last term and Basilan Island Congressman Abdulgani Salappudin is reportedly planning to run as governor.
Like Akbar, Salappudin was a former commander of the separatist rebel group, Moro Islamic Liberation Front, and also on his third and last term. (Mindanao Examiner)
Akbar was said to be running for a seat in Congress and his wife, Chery, as mayor of Isabela City in Basilan in the May national elections. The former Muslim rebel-turned-politician and Majirul, of Tipo-Tipo town took their oaths as members of one of the country’s premier political party in Manila on Wednesday.
Manila Mayor Lito Atienza presided over the ceremony held at the Manila City Hall, according to the official Liberal Party blogsite which can be found on the URL http://liberalpartyphilippines.blogspot.com.
It said the Liberal Party presence in Mindanao continues to grow with the swearing-in of Akbar.
"As you can see, we continue to grow,” said Liberal Party director general Eli Quinto. “The marching orders of the Mayor (Atienza) is to strengthen the Party, most of all through expansion, especially in areas we’ve been historically weak in like Mindanao and Negros."
"We welcome Gov. Akbar, Mayor Majirul and Mr. Dy to our ranks, and hope this is the start of an increased and effective Liberal presence in Mindanao and the province of Negros," Quinto said.
Akbar could not be reached for confirmation.
Estrada was ousted in 2001 by a popular people power revolution that catapulted Vice President Gloria Arroyo, with whom Akbar later sided.
Akbar is on his third and last term and Basilan Island Congressman Abdulgani Salappudin is reportedly planning to run as governor.
Like Akbar, Salappudin was a former commander of the separatist rebel group, Moro Islamic Liberation Front, and also on his third and last term. (Mindanao Examiner)
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