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                    [Title] => Comelec in standoff over FPJ citizenship
                    [Summary] => A standoff appears to have emerged at the Commission on Elections after a resolution junking a disqualification suit against leading presidential candidate Fernando Poe Jr. was circulated among Comelec commissioners for signing without the chairman’s knowledge.


Comelec Chairman Benjamin Abalos denied knowledge of the resolution but in a way admitted its existence.


"Why don’t you ask those who signed the resolution?" Abalos told The STAR. "I don’t know anything about that." 


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                    [Title] => Finally, Comelec accredits Namfrel
                    [Summary] => After several weeks of anxiety, poll watchdog National Movement For Free Election (Namfrel) was finally granted accreditation yesterday by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to conduct a parallel quick count for the May 2004 elections.


Comelec Chairman Benjamin Abalos said the resolution granting the accreditation of Namfrel will be promulgated today but the decision was not unanimous since Commissioner Luzviminda Tancangco maintained her position against conducting an independent quick count.


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                    [Title] => Tancangco relieved by House rejection of impeachment rap
                    [Summary] => The morning after the House of Representatives voted down the impeachment complaint against her, beleaguered Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Luzviminda Tancangco said yesterday she felt relieved that lawmakers finally decided to see "that she had done nothing wrong."


"I have left my fate to God since the news of the impeachment broke out. I asked Him what have I done to deserve this kind of national attention. I have done nothing wrong," said an elated Tancangco in a radio interview.


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                    [Title] => CBCP: Some lawmakers trying to dismiss Tancangco complaint
                    [Summary] => The social arm of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines, the National Secretariat for Social Action and Justice (NASSA) yesterday accused some members of the House of Representatives of deliberately dismissing the impeachment complaint filed against Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Luzviminda Tancangco.


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                    [Title] => Impeach case filed vs Comelec official
                    [Summary] => An impeachment case against Commissioner Luzviminda Tancangco was formally filed with the House of Representatives yesterday.


Fifteen organizations, joined by Rep. Monico Puentevella (Lakas, Bacolod City), filed the complaint. The People vs Tancangco Movement, included the National Movement for Free Elections headed by businessman Jose Concepcion Jr., the poll official’s tormentor.


The petition was endorsed by 65 congressmen.


Tancangco is being accused of betrayal of public interest, violation of the Constitution and inefficiency.


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                    [Title] => Impeach rap vs Tancangco set
                    [Summary] => The House bloc pushing for the impeachment of Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Luzviminda Tancangco hopes to gather eight more signatures to file the complaint with the House committee on justice by Aug. 6. 


Bacolod City Rep. Monico Fuentebella, who is spearheading the oust-Tancangco move, said they have so far secured 64 signatures of the 72 required for the House to transmit the articles of impeachment to the Senate.


"If she (Tancangco) needs a day in court, this is it," he said.

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                    [Title] => Editoryal - Poll modernization kailangan na
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                    [Title] => No reshuffle at poll body, new Comelec chairman vows
                    [Summary] => There will be no reshuffle at the Commission on Elections (Comelec) when its new chairman, Benjamin Abalos, assumes his new post this week.


"I am not in the habit of changing people in every office I’m in because they are there when I came in," Abalos said in an interview. "And their loyalty should not be with me or with their former chief but with the institution they are serving."


It would be premature to implement any revamp at this point since he has yet to familiarize himself with how work is done at the Comelec, Abalos added.


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                    [Title] => Abalos vows to help Tancangco fight impeachment complaint
                    [Summary] => Newly appointed Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Benjamin Abalos vowed yesterday to do everything within his power to help one of his commissioners hurdle possible impeachment charges.


"As father of the commission, I have to help her," Abalos said, referring to Commissioner Luzviminda Tancangco who has been accused of anomalies by the poll watchdog National Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel).


The Comelec chief said he considers the poll body as his second family.


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                    [Title] => Chairman Abalos: The next move is yours!
                    [Summary] => SA wakas, natanggal na rin si Alfredo Benipayo bilang chairman ng Commission on Elections (Comelec). Matagal ko na ring isinusulat sa column na ito ang pagpapalit kina Benipayo at Commissioner Luzviminda Tancangco at iba pang mga commissioners kaya nga lang ay hindi madali ang pagtatanggal sa kanila dahil miyembro ng isang constitutional body.


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COMMISSIONER LUZVIMINDA TANCANGCO

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Comelec Chairman Benjamin Abalos denied knowledge of the resolution but in a way admitted its existence.


"Why don’t you ask those who signed the resolution?" Abalos told The STAR. "I don’t know anything about that." 


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Comelec Chairman Benjamin Abalos said the resolution granting the accreditation of Namfrel will be promulgated today but the decision was not unanimous since Commissioner Luzviminda Tancangco maintained her position against conducting an independent quick count.


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"I have left my fate to God since the news of the impeachment broke out. I asked Him what have I done to deserve this kind of national attention. I have done nothing wrong," said an elated Tancangco in a radio interview.


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"As father of the commission, I have to help her," Abalos said, referring to Commissioner Luzviminda Tancangco who has been accused of anomalies by the poll watchdog National Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel).


The Comelec chief said he considers the poll body as his second family.


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