Elections: a Critical View
by Carol Pagaduan-Araullo, Philippines
Not a few friends and even fellow activists have asked whether the right thing to do in the coming May polls is simply to boycott the darned thing what with the numerous signs that bode ill for a honest, fair and clean elections that would give a fighting chance for the electoral Opposition to win a significant number of congressional and local government seats.
The discredited head of the Commission on Elections refuses to relinquish the job while failing to undertake any major reforms such as the dismantling of the entrenched (more…)
