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Thursday, January 7, 2010

500 supporters of Gen. Danilo Lim conduct vigil before Comelec

TACLOBAN CITY- Close to 500 supporters of Brigadier General Danny Lim conducted a vigil before the Commission on Elections regional office here to show their support and at the same ask the COMELEC to reverse the earlier disqualification of senatorial candidate Lim.


The groups coming from the transport group, Magdalo and Philippine Guardians Incorporated Eastern Visayas chapter bearing its banner “Let Danny Lim run for senator, “Give peace a chance” are among of the message they would like to give to Comelec officials.


Edwin Yao, president of Friends of Danny Lim in the region during the four hours vigil, appealed to the COMELEC, saying that if Lim has no money or logistics to finance his candidacy, they have people and supporters to back him up.


“If that’s the perception of COMELEC that Lim has no money to shoulder the expenses during the campaign, we are here to give the full support to Lim’s candidacy,” Yao said.


The COMELEC en banc is scheduled to release the final order of the appeal regarding the disqualification case against Lim.


Labor party-list group Partido ng Manggagawa (PM) earlier declared its opposition to the Comelec’s disqualification of senatorial candidate Danny Lim.


The group revealed that it is considering launching mass actions to protest Lim’s disqualification. “Danny Lim is not a decoration in this election; he is instead a decorated officer. While Danny Lim is not a candidate of the elite, he is the leader of the elite group of the armed forces.


Supporters of Lim have simultaneously conducted vigil in the different parts of the country asking the Comelec to reverse the decision declaring Lim as nuisance candidate.


The Liberal Party is marshalling its forces to save the senatorial candidacy of renegade Gen. Danilo Lim who has been disqualified by the Commission on Elections.


The Liberal Party said the poll body’s decision to disqualify the former Army general was unfair and unjustified because he has been included in the party’s senatorial slate.


They disputed the Comelec’s argument that Lim, who is under military detention on rebellion charges, is incapable of waging a nationwide campaign.


“In 2007, the LP was recognized by no less than the Comelec itself as the dominant minority party. How then can Danny Lim be incapable of conducting a nationwide campaign if he has been included in the slate of the dominant opposition party? The Comelec must reverse its ruling and allow Danny Lim to run for the Senate,” said Senator Francis Pangilinan, campaign manager for the Liberal Party’s senatorial ticket.


The LP general campaign manager Florencio “Butch” Abad explained that Lim originally filed his candidacy only as a guest candidate of the LP.


But Lim officially joined the LP which should have the effect of curing doubts about the viability of his senatorial bid, Abad said.


Right after the Comelec issued its adverse ruling, Lim protested.


Describing the decision as “baseless and unconstitutional, he said the poll body should not disqualify candidates troublesome to the ruling authorities thus preventing the full range of choices that the electorate deserves.


Lim is being prosecuted before a military tribunal and a civilian court for leading an aborted coup attempt against the Arroyo administration in February 2006.


In 2007, another renegade military officer, Navy Lt. Antonio Trillanes, was allowed to run for senator despite the fact that he was facing rebellion and coup charges. He won the election but had not been allowed by the courts to get out of prison to attend Senate hearings and sessions.


The Comelec has also been accused of inconsistency and unequal application of the law because it has permitted another renegade military officer, detained Marine Col. Ariel Querubin, to run for senator under the Nacionalista Party despite pending charges before a court martial.


Along with Lim, other senatorial candidates of the Noynoy Aquino-Mar Roxas ticket include: former Bukidnon Rep. Nereus “Neric” Acosta, physician Martin Bautista, Muntinlupa Rep. Rufino “Ruffy” Biazon, former Senate President Franklin Drilon, Bukidnon Rep. Teofisto “TG” Guingona III, Akbayan Rep. Risa Hontiveros, lawyer Alex Lacson, peace and women’s right advocate Yasmin Busran Lao, former Senator Serge OsmeƱa, former Senator and Socio-Economic Planning Secretary Ralph Recto and educator Sonia Roco, wife of the late Senator Raul Roco. (MIRIAM G. DESACADA)

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