A SCHOOL district supervisor in the Central Mindanao region who exposed alleged poll irregularities in the May 14 elections in Maguindanao was shot dead by unidentified men Saturday night.
Reports reaching Camp Crame said Musa Demasidsing died at a hospital in Midsayap, North Cotabato, from gunshot wounds in the face and chest.
Demasidsing served as a member of the board of election inspectors in Pagalungan town in Maguindanao during the elections.
Demasidsing was named by Norodin Matalam, who ran but lost as mayor of Pagalungan town, as among those who refused to sign a petition saying there was no election fraud in Maguindanao.
More from the Tribune:
Members of the political opposition also yesterday moved to secure the lives of other witnesses to alleged rampant poll fraud in Mindanao in the light of the killing of Dimasidsing.
“People who are fighting to protect the electoral system need not sacrifice their lives. Otherwise, this will discourage them from correcting defects in our society,” Genuine Opposition senatorial bet Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III, who took the initiative, also yesterday said.
Pimentel urged the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and the Department of Justice (DoJ) to extend protection to teachers in Pagalungan, Maguindanao, who have attested alleged anomalies in the May 14 polls.
He appealed to the Comelec to set aside the canvassing of votes in Maguindanao, saying the ballots are unsupported by source documents.
The longer the Maguindanao "election" issue remains unsettled, the more these types of incidents (silencing witnesses, murders) are likely to happen in that area.
More from Ellen Tordesillas on the slaying.
Comment from chi:
Proclaimed GOs, in full force or individual, should initiate moves to ferret out the truth behind Dimasidsing’s death, or at least do something about it! Bibilib ako sa kanila kung merong kikilos tungkol dito o ayudahan man lang ang pamilya ng pinaslang na school district supervisor. Time to make ingay, Senators!
I agree. Dapat tulungan at protektahan ng Opposition at Gobierno sila at ang pamilya nila. We need to stop the killings, NOW!
And the first thing the Senate should do is to invite them to testify on the election rigging they saw in Maguindanao. No stone should be left unturned. The opposition should dig deeper and hold those election officials in Maguindanao liable for the horrible mess there.
UPDATE: We all know walang credible reforms o changes na mangyayari as long as Arroyo is in power. Her admin --responsible for appointing and promoting COMELEC commish and officials-- will just replace the old crooked loyalists at the COMELEC with new "untainted" COMELEC dagdag bawas operators and commissioners.
Maam Arroyo is the worst person to be overseeing the reforms and personnel changes at the COMELEC.
UPDATE: The Musa Dimasidsing article of Conrad de Quiros is a must read.
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