Election 2007
Legislative and local elections were held in the Philippines on May 14, 2007. Positions being contested include half the seats in the Senate, which are elected for six-year terms, and all the seats in the House of Representatives, who are elected for three-year terms. The duly elected legislators of the 2007 elections will join the elected senators of the 2004 elections and will comprise the 14th Congress of the Philippines.
Party-list allocation – 2007
Under the Abalos commission, the Panganiban formula was applied. It stemed from Case VFP v. COMELEC where the formula gives three seats to the party with the highest number of votes. Party-list candidates BANAT and Bayan Muna filed separate complaints on the proper allocation of seats in the party-list system. On April 23, 2009,... »
Election-related violence – 2007
In the lead up to the election and on election day, 126 people were killed and 148 others wounded by election-related violence. This is less than the 2004 election, when 189 people were killed. The New People’s Army has been implicated in the destruction of polling booths and the murder of election officials. The... »
Automated elections – 2007
Sen. Richard J. Gordon and his fellow Senators succeeded in passing Republic Act No. 9369 or the Amending the Election Modernization Act but it was too late since it was passed three months before the elections but since the law was passed, the elections for the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Regional Governor and... »
The Cayetano issue – 2007
The matter was the same as the Aquino issue. Taguig City-Pateros Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano found out that a certain Joselito Pepito “Peter” Cayetano belonging to the Kilusang Bagong Lipunan filed his candidacy with the nickname “Peter” which was really “Jojo”. Alan therefore filed a disqualification case (SPA 07-019) against Jojo. Jojo was declared... »
The Aquino issue – 2007
Three people with the name Aquino filed their candidacies (Benigno Aquino III, Teresa Aquino-Oreta and Theodore Aquino), and there was confusion as to who is credited with a vote if someone wrote only “Aquino” on the ballot. Since Theodore Aquino was disqualified because he had dual citizenship and former Sen. Teresa “Tessie” Aquino-Oreta has... »
Lakas vs. KAMPI – 2007
Lakas-CMD President and House Speaker Jose de Venecia was challenged by Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino or KAMPI Cebu 2nd District Rep. Pablo P. Garcia for the speakership in the incoming 14th Congress of the Philippines which has caused a battle between Administration allies. Recently, Garcia was accused by Parañaque City 1st District Rep. Eduardo... »
COMELEC issues and COMELEC building fire
On March 11, 2007, the Old COMELEC Building in Intramuros, Manila was burned by a blazing fire ruining several ballot boxes and election protests at the time of 12:57pm (UTC +8). The Genuine Opposition considered the fire as political act which ended in burning of several election protests and contested ballot boxes. »
Philippine General Election – 2007
Legislative and local elections were held in the Philippines on May 14, 2007. Positions being contested include half the seats in the Senate, which are elected for six-year terms, and all the seats in the House of Representatives, who are elected for three-year terms. The duly elected legislators of the 2007 elections will join... »