The release of the ‘Hello Garci’ tapes marks the unraveling of a corrupt and bankrupt electoral system. With an undeniable evidence of the President’s attempts to manipulate the results of the 2004 elections, existing questions on the legitimacy and credibility of the Presidency and the 2004 electoral exercise due to voters’ disenfranchisement and allegations of vote padding and shaving have been bolstered and confirmed. It is precisely because of the obvious grave flaws in the electoral system that Akbayan registered a vote of ‘principle abstention’ during the last Presidential canvass in Congress and why we have been pushing for serious electoral reforms.
Engels war nach seinem Freunde Karl Marx (der 1883 starb) der bedeutendste Gelehrte und Lehrer des modernen Proletariats in der ganzen zivilisierten Welt. Engels nahm an dem bewaffneten Volksaufstand teil, kämpfte in drei Ge¬fechten für die Freiheit.
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This consulta builds on the August 8 local consulta Monday night at MLK
The septemberACTION Collective (see http://www.septemberACTION.org ) invites people within shouting distance of DC for a regional consulta on August 13, 2005 for the September 23 – 26 mobilizations: