Under the constitution, the Congress is mandated to become the National Board of Canvassers for the top two positions, the President and the Vice-President. Tallying in the 216,382 precincts nationwide are submitted in Election Returns that are forwarded to the municipal and city board of canvassers. These are then tabulated and forwarded to the... »
Election scandal – 2004
In June 2004, two investigative writers Antonio Abaya and Roberto Verzola, analyzing the results independently of each other, separately published their conclusion that the discrepancies between the official count by Congress and the citizens’ tally by NAMFREL indicated significant cheating by winning candidate Gloria... »
PET Case No. 003, Legarda v. De Castro, January 18, 2008
On January 18, 2008, in a 21-page resolution, penned by Senior Justice Leonardo Quisumbing, the Supreme Court of the Philippines, acting as the Presidential Electoral Tribunal (PET), dismissed Sen. Loren Legarda’s electoral protest against Noli de Castro. 3 reasons supported the judgment: first, the... »
COMELEC’s move for an automated elections – 2004
Elections in the Philippines have always been a manual process with the results for national positions often being announced more than a month after election day. An attempt to... »
The LDP split – 2004
The Laban ng Demokratikong Pilipino party (LDP) would form the core of the main opposition party, the Koalisyon ng Nagkakaisang Pilipino (KNP). However, members of the party disagreed on... »
Eddie Gil’s candidacy – 2004
The Commission on Elections originally affirmed the candidacies of six people for the president. The sixth person running for president was Eduardo "Eddie" Gil, a known Marcos loyalist. The... »