Published May 18th, 2007
Manila Bulletin
NAGA CITY — Reelectionist Congresman Luis R. Villafuerte has piled up an insurmountable lead of more than 36,000 votes over his lone opponent in the second district of Camarines Sur, and is headed to a landslide victory.
It was expected that the untallied votes from the remaining voting precincts would further widened Villafuerte’s lead over his rival.
Villafuerte garnered 90,830 votes, while his opponent chalkeed up 54,891 votes.
Congressman Villafuerte, who is Kampi national president, won in all nine towns in the second district and polled the biggest winning margin ever in the congressional race in the district. His lead is four times his margin over the same opponent in 2004.
The second district of Camarines Sur covers the capital town of Pili, Calabanga, Bombon, Camaligan, Canaman, Gainza, Magarao, Milaor, Ocampo, and Naga City.
In three other congressional districts in Camarines Sur, presidential son Dato Arroyo (KampiI) won by a wide margin over his opponent in the first district.
Rep. Felix Alfelor Jr. (Kampi) was reelected in the fourth district, while Congressman Arnulfo Fuentebella (NPC) also won in the third district.
Second district Kampi mayors who also won with Villafuerte were Alex San Luis (Pili), Roger Flores (Milaor), Emmanuel Requejo (Canaman), Leo Nilo Sarte (Ocampo), Evelyn Yu (Calabanga), Nelson Julia (Magarao), and Ma. Luisa Angeles (Bombon).
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Published May 17th, 2007
Antonio Abaya
Manila Standard Today
There is a lot of back-patting and self-congratulations, especially from the Commission on Elections, the Philippine National Police and President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo that the recently concluded mid-term elections were the “most peaceful elections ever held in this country.”
Most peaceful elections! How can elections in which 117 people were killed in election-relation violence possibly be called “most peaceful”? This is worse than Iraq.
Iraq has had two or three elections since the American invasion began in March 2003, but I do not recall that there were even half that many killed in incidents involving violence between competing political factions.
(The daily car-bombings, suicide bombers, improvised explosive devices, etc. are directly related to the insurgency against American occupation or the intra-faith sectarian civil war between Sunnis and Shias, not to the competition for seats in the Iraqi parliament.)
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Published May 17th, 2007
As expected, 3 Bicolano won convincingly in the Naga City canvassing for Senators as TU Joker Arroyo topping the list followed by two GO candidates Chiz Escudero and Sonia Roco, respectively. Senators Kiko Pangilinan and Manny Villar who visits frequent here as well as Congressman Noynoy Aquino earned a nod from Nagueños.
The last spot still in contention between Koko Pimentel, Ed Angara, Ralph Recto and Migz Zubiri with 95% (338 of 356) precincts canvassed.
Following are Top 15 senators from JCI-NAMFREL-PPCRV Quick Count as of 16 May 2007:
1. Arroyo 37,520
2. Escudero 33,227
3. Roco 30,879
4. Pangilinan 27,960
5. Aquino 27,902
6. Legarda 26,489
7. Villar 25,387
8. Cayetano 21,554
9. Lacson 21,409
10. Honasan 20,971
11. Trillanes 20,578
12. Pimentel 15,627
13. Angara 15,325
14. Recto 15,288
15. Zubiri 15,171
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