The Task Force Poll Watch (TFPW), a poll monitoring group formed by progressive party-list groups and the Genuine Opposition, has documented cases of vote-padding involving 42 party-list groups.
BY BULATLATElection WatchVol. VII, No. 17 June 3-9, 2007
Based on Task Force Poll Watch’s (TFPW) first report dated May 31, vote-padding happened in Northern Luzon, Eastern Visayas, and Mindanao. One incident was reported in Quezon City. The report covered 35 of 1,510 municipalities, seven of 81 provinces, and one of 117 cities.
Many of the party-list groups exposed by Kontra Daya (Anti-Fraud) as “Malacañang and AFP (Armed Forces of the Philippines) fronts” benefited from vote-padding. Among them were the Alliance of Neo-Conservatives (ANC), Ahonbayan, Ahon, Ang Kasangga, Alliance of Rural Concerns (ARC), ABA-AKO, Barangay Alliance for National Transformation (BANAT), Bantay (The True Marcos Loyalist), and Babae para sa Kaunlaran (Babae Ka or Women for Development). Bulatlat
* MONITOR OF VOTE PADDING INVOLVING PARTY-LIST GROUPS (PART 1)
PARTYLIST
REFERENCE
COMPARATIVE
DISCREPANCY OF
VOTES
AREA/S
REMARKS
Actual
Votes
Padded
1. ANC
COC-SOV
46
Forty six
4,600
Cauayan, Isabela
OFFICIAL; words differ from figures
2. APEC
359
Three hundred fifty nine
5,300
OFFICIAL;
Words differ from figures
3. AHON BAYAN
SOV#0000159
COC#0000425
COV#0000418-
SOV#0000158
COV#0000411-
COV#0000415
COV#0000421
COV#0000426
COV#0000414
COV#000015
COV#0000412
COC#0000587
0
4
1
38
107
160
80
541
109
217
102
50
90
119
Dumalinao, Zamboanga del Sur
Tabina, Zamboanga del Sur
Midsalip, Zamboanga del Sur
Josefina, Zamboanga del Sur
Lapuyan, Zamboanga del Sur
Ramon Magsaysay, Zamboanga del Sur
Tambulig, Zamboanga del Sur
Lakewood, Zamboanga del Sur
Bayog, Zamboanga del Sur
Kumalarang, Zamboanga del Sur
Kawayan, Biliran, Leyte
SOV document
COC document
OFFICIAL
COV-SOV
docu
4. ANG KASANGGA
COC
171
One hundred seventy one
1,170
UNOFFICIAL
5. TUCP
211
Two hundred eleven
Figures:
2,110
6. YACAP
SOV#0000581
Two hundred seventeen
3
2,180
8
274
Banisilan, North Cotabato
7. A TEACHER
82
Eighty two
85
Tubod,
Surigao del Norte
8.COCOFED
35
49
71
130
Kawayan, Biliran
OFFICIAL COC-SOV
9. ABA-AKO
Maripipi, Biliran
10. COOP-NATCO
COC#0000419
SOV#0000160
COC#0000443, 0000438, 0000444, 0000433, 0000434,
0000442, 0000436
373
30
63
123
145
21
716
154
290
28
182
146
208
413
51
55
375
57
763
723
1,450
921
1716
945
2,290
2,182
946
2,089
1,413
1,519
2,755
Maripipi, Biliran, Leyte
Molave, Zamboanga del Sur
Zamboanga, Sibugay:
Diplahan
Imelda
Mabuhay
Malangas
Olutanga
Kabasalan
RTLim
Siay
Tungawan
OFFICIAL SOV-COC
11. ABAY-PARAK
SOV # 0000583
SOV#0000583
34
62
6
5
Five
60
79
2,622
Caibiran, Biliran
Caraguan, Samar
SOV
OFFICIAL SOV
12. BANAT
SOV # 0000581
446
1762
13. BUHAY
COC#0000587 SOV# 0000581
COC-
SOV #0000159
COV#0000418
18
9
16
7
81
87
311
328
69
97
303
611
309
96
752
TAmbulig, Zamboanga del Sur
COV-SO
14. CIBAC
SOV#0000581:
15. SENIOR CITIZEN
SOV# 0000581:
16. GRECON
17. DIWA
18. FPJPM
11
Quezon City
19. KALAHI
COC#0000587:
20. KAKUSA
12
2
14
20
15
25
912
621
1,173
914
1,209
1,021
951
1259
