Press Release
April 27, 2007

KIKO TO COMELEC: HUWAG LANG MAGING TAGAPAGSALITA
NG MGA NAMAMATAY SA ELEKSYON

"COMELEC should do more to stop election-related killings. In the Virginia Tech tragedy, 33 lives were killed and it was described as a massacre. Here in the Philippines, with nearly 30 election-related deaths, COMELEC appears to consider this election as 'relatively peaceful'.

No matter how one looks at it, 30 deaths is unconscionable and has no place in any civilized society. The COMELEC must do more than just list down the deaths as they happen.

I am calling on the Chairman and the commissioners to get out of their offices show themselves in the field. Their presence will most certainly help in diffusing the tension in critical areas. The buck stops with COMELEC. The commissioners must learn from the late Haydee Yorac who went to critical areas and asserted the authority of the COMELEC in ensuring peaceful elections.

Dapat lumabas ang mga commissioner sa kanilang mga aircon na tanggapan at pumunta sa mga hotspots upang tiyakin na mabawasan ang tensyon sa mga nasabing lugar. Ipatawag ang mga magkatunggali at sa harap ng media at ng publiko na mangako na titiyakin nilang magiging mapayapa ang halalan sa kanilang lugar."

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