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PR: Poll Watchdog Condemns Intensified Harassment vs. Progressive Groups on Eve of Election Day

On the eve of election day, Southern Tagalog regional poll-watchdog Kontra Daya, Kontra Karahasan received reports of election-related violence against militant groups in the region. In Los Baños, Laguna, at around 12:30 mn, 3 members of Kabataan Partylist, a member of Bayan Muna Partylist and Barangay Human Rights Officer Virgilio Tandang were arrested and physically injured by alleged Makati police officers while in a mass-action of residents against the alleged vote-buying and flying-voter scheme of a mayoral candidate.

Press Releases | May 10, 2010

PR: Kontra Daya Hits Comelec Junking of Disqualification Cases vs Mikey

The Kontra Daya campaign group denounced the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for dismissing the disqualification cases filed against presidential son and Pampanga Rep. Juan Miguel "Mikey" Arroyo, who is the first nominee of Ang Galing Pinoy Partylist (AG).

Press Releases | May 9, 2010

2010 Elections: Kontra Daya, Other Groups Protest Comelec Failure to Ensure Trouble-free Elections

By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
“It’s a miracle if we will have a clean, peaceful, successful and credible elections.” - Fr. Joe Dizon of Kontra Daya.

Anne Marxze Umil | May 7, 2010

Militants Storm Comelec, Call for Junking of GMA-Backed Partylists and Candidates

Media Release March 29, 2010 Kontra-Daya, COURAGE, Migrante, Kilusang Mayo Uno, Gabriela, Kadamay and other militant groups today stormed the COMELEC office to condemn the poll body’s blatant leniency in allowing GMA-backed partylists to run in the 2010 elections....

Press Releases | Mar 29, 2010

Blame Comelec, Not Absence of Laws, For the Partylist Mess– Bayan

(Bulatlat.com) It is not the absence of laws, but the incompetence of Comelec officials that has resulted in the entry of spurious partylist groups in the May 10 elections. This was the analysis of the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (New Patriotic Alliance) as it vowed...

Press Releases | Mar 25, 2010

Kontra Daya dares Comelec: Disprove poll failure scenario, conduct mock elections

News Release March 23, 2010 The anti-fraud group Kontra Daya today challenged the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to dispel fears of a failure of elections by conducting mock elections. Comelec Commissioner Gregorio Larrazabal had hit back yesterday at critics...

Press Releases | Mar 23, 2010

Gov’t Violates Election Laws by Fielding Own Partylist Groups

By ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO
Catholic priest Fr. Joe Dizon, convener of the anti-fraud and election monitoring group Kontra Daya, raised hell earlier this week over the Commission on Elections's (Comelec) accreditation of a partylist group that is, by its own declaration, a project initiated by an official of the Arroyo administration and a prominent ally of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

Alexander Martin Remollino | Mar 5, 2010

Election Watchdog Hits Accreditation of Government-Sponsored ‘Partylist’

PRESS RELEASE March 1, 2010 The anti-fraud and election monitoring group Kontra Daya today slammed the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for having allowed a government-sponsored partylist group to run in the 2010 elections. Kontra Daya convener Fr. Joe Dizon said...

Press Releases | Mar 1, 2010

4 More Poll Watchers, Activists Slain; another Missing

Four more persons – two of them young poll watchers – were killed while another poll watcher went missing in the week of the elections. BY BULATLAT ELECTION/HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Vol. VII, No. 15 May 20-26, 2007 Four more persons – two of them young poll watchers –...

Ronalyn V. Olea | May 19, 2007

Voters’ Turnout Lowest in Years?

This year’s elections could have the lowest voters’ turnout in recent years, given the 77-percent turnout in 2004 and 85 percent in 2001 BY THE CENTER FOR PEOPLE EMPOWERMENT IN GOVERNANCE (CenPEG) Posted by Bulatlat ELECTION WATCH/ANALYSIS Vol. VII, No. 15 May...

Ronalyn V. Olea | May 19, 2007

Kontra Daya: Next Congress Should Impeach Abalos

BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat Breaking News / Election Watch May 21, 2007 – 2:41pm The poll monitoring group Kontra Daya (Anti-Fraud) has called on the next Congress to impeach Commission on Elections (Comelec) chairman Benjamin Abalos for what it...

Ronalyn V. Olea | May 21, 2007

Kontra Daya Sends Team to Lanao del Sur, Condemns Deployment of Soldiers

BY EMILY VITAL BULATLAT May 25,2007 - 3:46 p.m. Election watchdog Kontra Daya has sent a team to Lanao del Sur to observe the special elections on Saturday. Led by Emmie de Jesus, one of the Kontra Daya convenors, the six-person team left for Lanao del Sur early...

Ronalyn V. Olea | May 25, 2007

Lanao Sur Special Elections ‘Farcical and Extremely Vulnerable to Vote Manipulation’ – Kontra Daya

BY BULATLAT Posted May 30, 2007, 6:18 p.m. Election watchdog Kontra Daya joined the Concerned Citizens and other groups in a protest rally, Wednesday, near the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) where the national canvassing is ongoing. The...

Ronalyn V. Olea | May 31, 2007

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