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                    [Title] => Garcillano faces Comelec probe
                    [Summary] => After being passed over by the Commission on Appointments (CA), embattled election official Virgilio Garcillano could also soon face charges of electoral fraud.


The Commission on Elections (Comelec) agreed yesterday to conduct a separate investigation into Garcillano’s alleged involvement in attempts to tamper with the results of last year’s presidential election.


Comelec Chairman Benjamin Abalos said they were currently awaiting the findings of the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC), which analyzed the audio recording of alleged wiretapped telephone conversations between Garcillano and President Arroyo about plans to rig the results of last year’s elections.


"The en banc has taken my position that we would wait for the NTC to identify the parties involved and determine the authenticity of the tape before we could conduct the probe," Abalos said. "The findings of the NTC would be our basis, particularly the portions of the tape that would be proven genuine."
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                    [Title] => Reappointed Comelec execs pessimistic on CA nod
                    [Summary] => Two Commission on Elections (Comelec) officials expect rough sailing when their reappointments by President Arroyo are scrutinized by Congress.


Comelec Commissioners Manuel Barcelona and Virgilio Garcillano were appointed in February to replace Ralph Lantion and Luzviminda Tancangco, whose terms expired that month.


The camp of defeated presidential candidate Fernando Poe Jr. then suspected that Barcelona and Garcillano were appointed to the poll body to help steer the presidential election in favor of Mrs. Arroyo.


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                    [Title] => Justify Comelec postings, Palace ordered
                    [Summary] => The Supreme Court (SC) ordered Malacañang and two newly appointed Commission on Elections (Comelec) commissioners to answer within 10 days a petition seeking the nullification of their appointment to the poll body.


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                    [AuthorName] => Bebot Sison Jr.
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                    [Title] => SC justice hits Comelec for differing views on the Poe issue
                    [Summary] => A Supreme Court justice has scolded the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for submitting contradictory positions on the citizenship issue surrounding actor-turned-politician Fernando Poe Jr.


During Day 2 of oral arguments yesterday on three petitions seeking Poe’s disqualification on citizenship grounds, Justice Reynato Puno asked why the Comelec submitted two stands on the issue.


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                    [Title] => KNP to GMA: Recall Comelec appointees
                    [Summary] => The opposition Koalis-yon ng Nagkakaisang Pilipino (KNP) urged President Arroyo yesterday to recall the appointments of the two new officials of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to dispel suspicions that she is trying to undermine the candidacy of her main rival, Fernando Poe Jr.


Commissioners Manuel Barcelona, Virgilio Garcillano and Florentino Tuason agreed with a petition seeking Poe’s disqualification now pending with the Supreme Court.


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                    [Title] => Drilon: New Comelec commissioners can take posts, for now
                    [Summary] => The appointments made by President Arroyo to fill up the two vacancies in the Commission on Elections (Comelec) remain valid until declared otherwise by the Commission on Appointments (CA), Senate President Franklin Drilon said yesterday.


Drilon, the chairman of the 25-member CA, said Manuel Barcelona Jr. and Virgilio Garcillano can immediately assume office since their designation is in the nature of "ad interim appointments."


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                    [AuthorName] =>  Jess Diaz
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                    [Title] => Comelec commissioners named
                    [Summary] => Malacañang announced yesterday the appointment of two lawyers to the seven-member Commission on Elections (Comelec) as the official campaign period kicked off.


President Arroyo made the announcement during her campaign sortie in Los Baños, Laguna, where she named lawyers Manuel Barcelona Jr., 68, and Virgilio Garcillano, 66, to the Comelec.
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                    [AuthorID] => 1497193
                    [AuthorName] => Marichu Villanueva and Jose Aravilla
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BARCELONA AND GARCILLANO

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The Commission on Elections (Comelec) agreed yesterday to conduct a separate investigation into Garcillano’s alleged involvement in attempts to tamper with the results of last year’s presidential election.


Comelec Chairman Benjamin Abalos said they were currently awaiting the findings of the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC), which analyzed the audio recording of alleged wiretapped telephone conversations between Garcillano and President Arroyo about plans to rig the results of last year’s elections.


"The en banc has taken my position that we would wait for the NTC to identify the parties involved and determine the authenticity of the tape before we could conduct the probe," Abalos said. "The findings of the NTC would be our basis, particularly the portions of the tape that would be proven genuine."
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                    [Title] => Reappointed Comelec execs pessimistic on CA nod
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Comelec Commissioners Manuel Barcelona and Virgilio Garcillano were appointed in February to replace Ralph Lantion and Luzviminda Tancangco, whose terms expired that month.


The camp of defeated presidential candidate Fernando Poe Jr. then suspected that Barcelona and Garcillano were appointed to the poll body to help steer the presidential election in favor of Mrs. Arroyo.


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                    [Title] => SC justice hits Comelec for differing views on the Poe issue
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During Day 2 of oral arguments yesterday on three petitions seeking Poe’s disqualification on citizenship grounds, Justice Reynato Puno asked why the Comelec submitted two stands on the issue.


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Commissioners Manuel Barcelona, Virgilio Garcillano and Florentino Tuason agreed with a petition seeking Poe’s disqualification now pending with the Supreme Court.


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                    [Summary] => The appointments made by President Arroyo to fill up the two vacancies in the Commission on Elections (Comelec) remain valid until declared otherwise by the Commission on Appointments (CA), Senate President Franklin Drilon said yesterday.


Drilon, the chairman of the 25-member CA, said Manuel Barcelona Jr. and Virgilio Garcillano can immediately assume office since their designation is in the nature of "ad interim appointments."


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                    [Title] => Comelec commissioners named
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President Arroyo made the announcement during her campaign sortie in Los Baños, Laguna, where she named lawyers Manuel Barcelona Jr., 68, and Virgilio Garcillano, 66, to the Comelec.
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