Manila Bulletin

Comelec gears up for plebiscite on ARMM.(Main News)

Manila Bulletin | June 25, 2001 | Copyright

The Commission on Elections (Comelec), fresh from the May 14 polls, geared up yesterday for the plebiscite on the expanded Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).

The Comelec, headed by Chairman Alfredo Benipayo, continues the preparations amid a warning of ARMM Governor and Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) Chairman Nur Misuari that the plebiscite would be illegal because it would violate the 1976 Tripoli Agreement.

The Comelec said it is the duty of the Comelec to implement the law regardless of what one feels about it. They said if the law is…

Read the rest of this article with a FREE trial to HighBeam Research

Related newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles from HighBeam Research

(Including press releases, facts, information, and biographies)

Comelec gears up for plebiscite on ARMM.(Main News)
Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin ...on Elections (Comelec), fresh from...polls, geared up yesterday for the plebiscite on the expanded...Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). The Comelec, headed by Chairman...appeal of the Comelec to postpone the ARMM plebiscite from June 30...

For more facts and information, see all results

Find more facts and information related to the article Comelec gears up for plebiscite on ARMM.(Main ...