SC asked to extend voters' registration
MANILA - After series of failed pleas before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to extend voters' registration, Kabataan Party-list Rep. Raymond "Mong" Palatino has taken his cause to the Supreme Court.
In a last-minute move, Palatino on Friday morning led youth leaders and first-time voters file before the Supreme Court an urgent petition for certiorari and mandamus with application for preliminary mandatory injunction.
The deadline for voters' registration is on Saturday, October 31.
"We are questioning the legality of shortened voters' registration. According to Section 8 of the Voter Registration Act of 1996, registration should be daily and 120 days before election," he said. (Access petition here: http://tinyurl.com/yhyqwov )
"The deadline should be January 9. Congress, not Comelec, has the power to amend a law," he said.
According to Palatino, National Statistics Office data shows there should be 11 million first-time voters, but only 3 million of them have so far registered.
Other petitioners were Jade Charmane Rose Valenzuela, Jacqueline Alexis Merced, Ana Katrina Tejero, Kenneth Carlisle Earl Eugenio, and Victor Louis Crisostomo, all first-time voters who tried but failed to register due various reasons.
They were joined by Alvin Peters, president of the National Union of Students of the Philippines (NUSP); Vijae Alquisola, president of the College Editors Guild of the Philippines (CEGP); Ken Leonard Ramos, chairperson of Anakbayan; and, Ma. Cristina Angela Guevarra, chairperson of the Student Christian Movement of the Philippines (SCMP).
At the House of Representatives, Palatino filed three resolutions--House Resolutions 1162, 1443, and 1336--seeking the extension of voters’ registration.
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desperado
just like any other trapo, palatino is just desperate that his party-list group will get re-elected come may 2010 fools! lalo na, muntikan na pala xang hindi makaupo sa kongreso. kaya ngayon, kahit anong gimmick na lang ang gagawin magkaroon lang ng media exposure at para malaman ng mga kabataan at ng taumbayan na meron palang kabataan party-list. kabataan party-list, kunyari boses ng kabataan, ginamit lang pala nito ang mga kabataan upang maisulong sa house of repress-sin-ta-thieves ang kanilang pansariling interes. mr palatino, have you got your pork barrel yet? parang wala.
at magaling si j29 bilang mouthpiece-advocate ni palatino. talaga namang... "you don't know what you're talking about..." ang pambungad na salita, as if he/she has the monopoly of the truth. ika nga ni nietzsche, "there's no truth; everything is interpretation." kaya, no hard feelings ako dun. that was just his/her interpretation, his/her opinion.
@ymman
obviously, you dont know what you're talking about. have you even tried reading the petition? kaya ngayon lang nagfile ang mga petitioners (which includes first time voters) ay dahil binuhos na nila nang buong giliw ang kanilang oras, lakas, enerhiya upang magparehistro sa comelec. pero given the registration problems na inihihighlight din naman sa media (like limited number of registrants it can accomodate sa isang araw, kakulangan ng forms, failed computer machines), PLUS, idagdag mo pa ang external factors like natural calamities (sino ba ang magpaparehgistro nang walang kuryente at bumabaha), swine flu outbreak, nakaapekto ang mga bagay na ito sa di pa rin makarehistrong mga petitioners. ibig sabihin, they are injured parties in legal terms. kung noon pa sila nagfile, doon ka magngangangawa dahil ibig sabihin, sa halip na mageffort sila noon na magparehistro, aba, eh nagfile agad sila ng kaso without basis. again, i advise you to read the petition. question: di ba the automated system supposedly speeds up the election system? bakit ito gagamitin ng comelec bilang argument sa non-extension?
masyadong personal ang attacks mo. bakit hindi yung legalidad ng mga bagay ang iargue mo. lumalayo ka sa issue. plus, bakit hindi mo araling mabuti ang mga subjects na inaasail mo. like kabataan partylist? bakit hindi siya nanawagan na magparehistro ang mga kabataan noon pang 2008? bakit icocover ba siya ng media kung manawagan siya noon eh hindi pa siya congressman noon? alalahanin mong nito lamang summer umupo ang kabataan along with 25 other partylists through an sc decision. pangalawa, tingnan mo yung website ng kabataan. meron sila doong campaign to help first time registratns register. so, hindi lang sila ngawa ng ngawa, as you say, meron din silang ginagawa para makapagparehistro ang mga kabataan. see panata2010.com.
nakakatawa at nakakainis na ang sinisisi mo ay ang mga first time registrants na hindi nakapagparehistro. tandaan mo, comelec dati extended registration for the barangay polls using the constitution as an argument, na kailangan daw maexercise ng tao ang kanyang right to vote. alam mo ba yung boto mo ipatrol mo campaign ng abs, humingi ka kaya ng compilation ng reports at reklamo doon no. actually, yung ngang mga yun can be used as a basis for this case.
finally, on palatino being a trapo. ewan ko lang. anong basis? siguro bago tayo manghusga tingnan natin ang legislative performance ng mga congressman. tingnan mo yung congress.gov.ph. tingnan mo yung bills and resos filed by congressmen. specificallly, yung mga kasabay umupo ng kabataan this summer. wala man lang ginagawa. sweldo nang sweldo. tanggap nang tanggap ng taxpayers money, eh ni isang imbestigasyon in aid of legislation, pagquestion sa budget, o panukalang batas walang ginagawa.
@j29
ah, hindi pala publicity ang tawag jan!
kinulang lang sa pansin at pakitang-tao lang ang ginawa ni palatino!
if he's a true advocate for the youth, bakit ngayon lang xa kumilos? why didnt he inform the youth as early as december 2008 that voter's registration was going on! bakit ngayon lang xa nagparamdam during "registration rush"? anong tawag mo jan? ah, hindi pala publicity. kinulang lang sa pansin at pakitang-tao lang! kunyari pa yang si palatino advocate for the youth.
i'm not saying that his filing for petition at the supreme court and resolution at the house of repress-sin-ta-thieves was wrong. ang tanong ko lang naman kung bakit ngayon pa xa nagpakitang-gilas?
this coming may 2010 polls is no ordinary election. it's the first time the comelec would handle a nationwide automated cheating, i mean voting. give them time to finalize all the data. kung pagbibigyan si palatino, ano pang oras ang meron ang comelec to prepare all the voters' handbook? tapos, kung magkaaberya, sisisihin na naman ang comelec.
palatino, being a youth party-list congressman, should set example to the youth na dapat baguhin na natin ang ating "mañana habit"... ang pagiging "last minute do-er"! pati ba naman paghahain ng petition sa korte suprema e "last-minute" na rin. isa rin palang trapo itong si palatino. he learned from his trapo colleagues in congress -- rather, in the house of repress-sin-ta-thieves!
para sa mga new voters na hindi pa nakapag-register, mga tanga kayo, bakit ngayon lang kayo kung kumilos. kinulang sa oras? nasaan ba kayo from december 2008 up to present? di nyo alam? gago, palibhasa wala kayong pakilaam sa ating bayan! kung di kayo nagparegister nun kasi ayaw nyong bumuto, e di wag. baka napilitan lang kayo ni mayor o congressman na magpa-reg para bigyan kayo ng trabaho sa munisipyo!
on palatino's resolutions not bills
marisa tibursio
obviously hindi mo alam ang pinagsasasabi mo dahil hindi mo man lang alam ang pinagkaiba ng BILL sa RESOLUTION What palatino filed are resolutions. i checked palatino's page at nandun naman yung mga bills na binanggit niya: eto icocopy paste ko for you.
HR01162 [History]
RESOLUTION URGING THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS TO RETURN THE DEADLINE OF VOTERS' REGISTRATION FROM OCTOBER 30, 2009 TO ITS ORIGINAL DATE OF DECEMBER 15, 2009
HR01443 [History]
A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON SUFFRAGE AND ELECTORAL REFORMS TO DIRECT THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS TO EXTEND THE DEADLINE OF REGISTRATION OF NEW VOTERS FROM OCTOBER 30, 2009 TO DECEMBER 15, 2009, IN LIGHT OF THE RECENT CALAMITIES THAT ENGULFED THE NATION AND DISRUPTED THE LIVES OF MILLIONS OF FILIPINOS, TO ENSURE THAT THE PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO SUFFRAGE IS SUFFICIENTLY GRANTED
^yung isang resolution was filed nung ondoy at pepeng time lang, considering na 200 plus ang solons sa HOuse, malamang mahihirapan pa silang iupload ito sa website. you know what you should do? you should go to the BILLS and INDEXING SECTION ng Congress dahil nandun ang tunay na bills and resos data. hindi naman siguro tanga itong kabataan para magcite ng data na fictitious. eh di lalo lang nilang pinahamak ang sarili nila.
^ewan ko ba kung bakit publicity stunt ang tingin. eh valid naman yung nilalaman ng petition. ang usapin dito ay ang paglabag sa batas na ginawa ng comelec. kung lumabas man sa media ito ibig sabihin VALID ang arguments ng petition at kablita-balita. in one way, are you not insulting the editorial judgement of these news agencies? tanga.
What bills filed?
We can check the bills filed in congress via the web: www.congress.gov.ph
The bills that the Congressman Palatino allegedly filed to "supposedly move the deadline for registration" does not seem to exist. The House Bill numbers mentioned in the news article exist but for different laws.
This must have been a publicity stunt!
We should have guessed and ignored this guy totally.
I hope next time ABS-CBN verifies the report and does not fall for these types of political maneuverings.
kung bakit last minute
ymman, parehong pareho kayo ng comelec mag-isip.
anyway, binasa ko yung BUONG petition ng kabataan. bakit last minute yung filing? tingnan mo yung listahan ng petitioners. kasama dun ay mga aggrieved parties kumbaga. supposedly first time voters sa 2010 pero in the end, after all their efforts na magparegister, hindi pa rin sila makapagregister dahil sa problems sa sistema ng reg ng comelec na siguro naman ay nababasa o napapanood mo sa mga balita sa tv at radyo.
anyway, kung publicity ito ni palatino, i dont know, dahil kung titingnan mo sa website nila, parang advocacy na naman ata nila bilang rep of the youth ang participation in election. nagfile na sila ng resolutions before:
House Resolutions 1162, directing the Comelec to return the deadline for voter registration to its original deadline of December 2009; HR 1443, calling to extend voter registration for those affected by typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng; and, HR 1336, calling for a one-day leave with pay for employees’ voter registration
publicity lang yan!
asus, tigilan na yan congressman palatino. kinulang ka yata sa publicity e kaya nag-last minute file for petition ka na rin sa korte suprema. ang hirap kasi ng karamihan sa mga pinoy ay last-minute kung kumilos, tulad na lang ni congressman palatino. kelangan lang yata nya ng media exposure ngayon para maiboto ulit ang party-list nyan! dyos ko po! pati ba naman mga batang pulitiko, natuto na rin sa gimik ng mga trapo? ano ba yan!
bakit pa kasi ngayon lang magpa-register ang mga new voters? di ba ang registration na yan ay on-going months ago pa? kahit na hindi pa sundin ang sinasabi sa batas (vorters registration act of 1998), kung inagahan lang sana ang pagpaparehistro ng mga botante, wala sanang problema!
kekelanganin din ng comelec na maaga matapos ang registration para meron pa silang enough time to prepare everything for the coming automated elections. kung pagbibigyan si palatino na hanggang january 9 ang registration, ano pang paghahanda ang gawin ng comelec for the elections? tapos, magrereklamo na naman na walang ginawa ang comelec. hay naku!
supreme court, i-junk nyo yang petition ni congressman palatino. media exposure lang ang habol nyan!