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New System of Elections, Same type of Electoral Violence, Old Faces of Winners

--> Fast election results, early proclamations. This has been the order of the day 72 hours after election day. The much dreaded cases of Failure of Elections or No Elections which many expected did not happen. Chief of Staff Delfin Bangit of the Philippine Army had this smug look on his face seemingly wanting to say, I-told-you-so to his detractors. He has been openly declaring that he will support the Constitution and that he will not allow for an extension of GMA’s term. Yet, despite the early results that many are now raving at, stories of violence and electoral fraud are ripe in many areas, not only in Mindanao but as well as different areas in the Visayas and Luzon. That, even until now, these places still has to transmit their election results. The Interfaith Movement for Peaceful Elections (Im4Peace), an aggrupation of different groups and individuals with membership coming from Zamboanga del Sur, Pagadian City, the twin Provinces of Lanao, Iligan City...