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Birds of the same feather…
SC halts P6-B deal between PNCC, Radstock
By Purple Romero, abs-cbnNEWS.com/Newsbreak
Former PNCC president Luis Sison questioned the compromise agreement before the SC, citing the fact that the state-owned company honored an allegedly dubious debt, which was not approved by the stockholders. (Read: The PNCC’s Legacy of Debt)
Sison filed a motion of inhibition against Supreme Court Justice Presbitero Velasco because he allegedly pulled some strings for Radstock.
Sison claimed that Velasco ‘lobbied’ or ‘lawyered’ for the approval of the contentious compromise agreement in behalf of Radstock before he was appointed to the SC in March 2006.
Sison maintained that ‘talk is rife’ in legal circles of Velasco’s assistance to the private company, hence he should desist from participating in the deliberations over the case.
"SC justice in Partisan Politics," -Velasco allegedly peddled his influence over local officials in Marinduque province to support the congressional bid of his son, Lord Allan.
Newsbreak editor-in-chief Marites Danguilan-Vitug (ABS-CBNNews.com/Newsbreak)claimed in her article that some residents in Marinduque had said that Velasco is actively helping his son in organizing his ticket by inviting local officials to run with his son as councilors with a promise to fund their campaign expenses.
Smartmatic International Corp. teamed up with Strategic Alliance Holdings Inc. (SAHI) in 2008 to form the consortium, Smartmatic-SAHI Technology, Inc.
Commission on Elections Chairman Jose Melo, Smartmatic-TIM Corp. board Chairman Juan Villa Jr., chief financial officer Armnando Yanes and TIM senior vice president Salvador Aque sign the documents for the full automation of the 2010 elections yesterday. Edd Gumban
Exclusive! Associates of First Gentleman bagged COMELEC contract
Posted by PatricioMangubat in cesar quiambao, commission on elections, ernest villareal, FBI probe of mike arroyo, first gentleman mike arroyo
Sources say the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) has already decided on who will handle the automated elections in 2010 and it's definitely the group of SMARTmatic/TIM. And you know who's behind this group?
SmartMatic/TIM is the group of Cezar Quiambao and this brilliant financial cum funds wizard named Ernest Villareal. Sounds familiar? Well, yes.
Villareal is actually the "shadow" that lends weight in every deal entered into by the highly popular bunch of golfers under the First Golfer Group.
Who is Cezar Quiambao? Quiambao is a businessman who in 2007 faced a complaint after asking for transparency in the bidding for the SLEX. He was chairman of the Star Infrastructure Development Corporation/Star Tollway Corporation before the Supreme Court declared his being chairman non-legal.
Quiambao also managed Stradcom, the tech company which bagged the highly controversial contracts of the Land Transportation Office (LTO), Land Registration Authority (LRA) and the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Quiambao also created CITRA, which constructs those highways and roads which we normally use in the provinces and Metro Manila.
He's reportedly a big time broker who is very close to the pro-Arroyo generals. He's also a "miracle maker" who secures 10 billion peso worth of projects through a very expansive network of government and non-government officials. In some projects, he teamed up with Wellex of plastics king William Gathalian. Quiambao's hand work is all over Pacifica, which the SEC suspended their trading activities.
Mrs. Arroyo mentioned Cezar Quiambao as a businessman who "helped realize the dreams of government to construct roads" in 2002. Quiambao is reportedly very, very close to the First Gentleman.
Now, who is behind Quiambao?
Quarters whisper the name of Ernest Villareal. Villareal, as everybody knows, is a very close associate of First Gentleman Mike Arroyo.
Question---do we still expect a very honest, clean and graft-free elections in 2010? Your guess is as good as mine.
I do not know if you have read this article below but if true, this has a lot of implications especially on the Failure of Election scenario.
Ricky
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