DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/02 November) — The appointment of Moslemen Macarambon, Sr. to the Commission on Elections has been met with mixed reactions from various civil society groups.
So divided are the views of civil society that a fiery whistleblower is willing to stand by him before the Commission on Appointments while others see his appointment as another attempt of Malacanang to control the election process.
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/02 November) – President Arroyo has named Moslemen Macarambon, Sr., to the Commission on Election, to fill in one of two seats vacated by Mehol Sadain and resigned Comelec chair Benjamin Abalos.
Macarambon, whose curriculum vitae shows he served as executive assistant of the Senate Electoral Tribunal from 1988 to 1989 and was appointed by President Arroyo as presiding judge of the Regional Trial Court in Iligan City on October 3, 2003, was not on the shortlist Malacanang submitted earlier for the poll body for comment.
KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/1 Nov) – A fire of still unknown origin razed down 200 houses along the national highway and in Sousa Street in Cotabato City, disrupting residents’ commemoration of All Saints Day.
