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03-21-2007, 03:18 PM
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MANILA, Philippines -- Movie stars, divided families, failed coup plotters and friends turning against each other make the May mid-term elections in the Philippines seem more like a gaudy soap opera than an exercise in democracy.
The main focus of the campaign is on the race for 12 seats in the 24-seat Senate where President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's "Team Unity" is going up against the so-called Genuine Opposition (GO). But it is hard to tell what side anyone is on when Arroyo's team includes former senators Vicente Sotto and Teresa Oreta who once called for her to quit.
Link: http://newsinfo.inquirer.ne t/breakingnews/nation/view_article.php?art icle_id=56107
MANILA, Philippines -- Movie stars, divided families, failed coup plotters and friends turning against each other make the May mid-term elections in the Philippines seem more like a gaudy soap opera than an exercise in democracy.
The main focus of the campaign is on the race for 12 seats in the 24-seat Senate where President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's "Team Unity" is going up against the so-called Genuine Opposition (GO). But it is hard to tell what side anyone is on when Arroyo's team includes former senators Vicente Sotto and Teresa Oreta who once called for her to quit.
Link: http://newsinfo.inquirer.ne t/breakingnews/nation/view_article.php?art icle_id=56107