Slipping through the cracks of our weak institutions
ALICE Guo became mayor of Bamban, Tarlac, because her incredulous electoral filings slipped through the cracks and the weak spots in our electoral system. The hard questions, such as 'Were her Commission on Elections (Comelec) documents legitimate?' were not even asked despite the screaming red flags and her documented association with a long list of foreign criminals and grifters. Was the constitutional guardrail on the citizenship provision, the basic requirement for those seeking electoral posts, set aside by local electoral officials dazzled by her display of wealth and ostentatiousness? W...
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