Ramos warns Arroyo on no-election plan (scrap '07 elections)

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Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is Bush's clone for the Philippines. She came to power through a coup, and her reelection was embroiled in controversy when she was recorded offering bribes to election officials. She now wants to scrap the '07 elections and delay them until '10.

Ramos warns Arroyo on no-election plan
Threatens to pull out support for President

First posted 00:55am (Mla time) Dec 23, 2005
By Cynthia D. Balana
Inquirer

FORMER PRESIDENT Fidel V. Ramos yesterday rejected as a "monumental blunder" a proposal to scrap elections in 2007 and threatened to withdraw support from President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo unless she declared by New Year's Day that she opposed the move.

"I can say that my support is waning right now," Ramos said in a nationally televised interview with ANC, reacting to the recommendation last week by the 55-member Constitutional Commission (ConCom) to get rid of the upcoming balloting for local offices, Congress and half of the Senate, extend the term of incumbent officials and pave the way for parliamentary elections in 2010.

The former military chief's declaration of support for Ms Arroyo in July was regarded as a key factor that saved her administration from collapse in the midst of mounting calls for her resignation. This followed revelations in the "Hello Garci" wiretaps that suggested she stole last year's elections.

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