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'Mandatory presidential debate unconstitutional'

Manila : Philippines | about 1 year ago  
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The proposal of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to impose a mandatory debate for candidates in the 2010 presidential elections is unconstitutional and unnecessary, according to an election lawyer...Romulo Macalintal said the poll body cannot order any candidate in the presidential elections...
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  • News Source: GMA News | about 1 year ago
    Election watchdog National Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) is supporting the proposal by a poll official to have debates among presidential bets for the 2010 elections. Namfrel chairperson Henrietta de Villa said the discussions would be a good...
  • News Source: GMA News | about 1 year ago
    Philippines – An election lawyer on Monday said the mandatory presidential debates proposed by a Commission on Elections (Comelec) official has no legal basis. In an interview over dzBB radio, lawyer Romulo Macalintal as saying that holding...
  • News Source: The Philippine Star | about 1 year ago
    The proposal of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to impose a mandatory debate for candidates in the 2010 presidential elections is unconstitutional and unnecessary, according to an election lawyer...Romulo Macalintal said the poll body cannot...
  • News Source: Inquirer.net | about 1 year ago
    A former lawyer of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo assailed on Sunday a proposal to require presidential candidates to participate in public debates, saying that would be unconstitutional. Lawyer Romulo Macalintal said the Commission on Elections...
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