A Truth Forum on ELECTORAL REFORM sponsored by
The Black & White Movement
Date: Wednesday, 18 January 2006
Time:
Venue: Metro Club,
On January 13, 2004, the Supreme Court released its decision nullifying the contract signed by the COMELEC with Mega Pacific eSolutions, Inc., directing the Office of the Solicitor-General to exert all efforts to recover the money and the Ombudsman to “determine the criminal liability, if any, of the public officials (and conspiring private individuals, if any)” involved in the subject contract.
The Supreme Court decision is now two years old, yet nothing much has happened. The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee has released Report No. 44 which recommends the resignation of the commissioners. The report further suggests that should the commissioners not resign, they can nonetheless be charged criminally by the Ombudsman.
Time is running out. If we want clean and credible elections and ultimately automate the process, then the COMELEC commissioners must resign. For as long as the present Commissioners remain, there is no hope for credible elections.
The Ombudsman must release their report and must elevate the case to the Sandiganbayan. NOW!
Listen to the original petitioners who brought the case to the Supreme Court and to special guests as they expound on the culpability of the commissioners and the options available to us.
Forum Panel:
¨ Senator Jovito Salonga, Chair, Kilosbayan
¨ Dr. Clarita Carlos, Professor, UP Political Science
¨ Atty. Harry Roque, UP
¨ The original petitioners
o Information Technology Foundation of the
o Maricor Akol
o Augusto Lagman
o Miguel Uy
o Manuel Alcuaz
o Rex Drilon II
o Miguel Hilado
o Ley Salcedo
o Edu Lopez
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