Dimasidsing [...] reportedly witnessed the alleged rigging of the votes in the province.
Dimasidsing also filed a complaint against several members of the Board of Election Inspectors after accusing them of committing irregularities in the canvassing of results in Pagalungan.
The district supervisor was said to be the one who also confirmed the testimonies of Pagalungan Elementary School teachers that they were harassed and intimidated by political operators behind the town's election irregularities.
Dimasidsing also reported to authorities that four ballot boxes were snatched by armed men believed working for a politician in Pagalungan during the May 14 elections.
Dimasidsing death came as Comelec commissioners in Manila are starting to get a clearer picture of the wholesale cheating in Maguindanao.
Volunteers from an independent watchdog authorized by the Comelec have complained they were not allowed to monitor the vote counting, and were not provided with election returns from the province.
Opposition spokesman Adel Tamano had said it planned to present the testimonies of five witnesses from Maguindanao to the elections commission who claimed to have seen incidents of cheating. One witness, who was not identified, said in TV and newspaper interviews that vote-counters were ordered to fill out ballots with the names of the 12 administration senatorial candidates.
[via GMANews.tv]
As a blogger, the least I can do is to express my outrage. Is this the kind of lawlessness I would want to return to? Will there be justice for Musa and fair elections for the people of Maguindanao? Have we become so desensitized to poll fraud that we don't care anymore? Bloggers, write for Musa, please!
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