In a protest action at the office of the Commission on Elections, Nacionalista-Makabayan senatorial candidate Liza Maza today held the COMELEC accountable for reneging on its mandate to fulfill honest and credible elections amid various reports of errors and glitches in the PCOS machines and ballots, especially during the test runs conducted the past few days.
Militant farmers have renewed their call for genuine agrarian reform.
Camping out at the main office of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) in Quezon City, peasants belonging to the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) assailed the failure of the Arroyo government to distribute land to farmers and sugar workers in the 6,400-hectare Hacienda Luisita in Tarlac.
Activist-turned-lawmaker Gabriela Rep. Liza Maza reiterated Friday that there is no truth to accusations that she used her pork barrel to finance activities of the National Democratic Front (NDF).
