by Echo Park Community Coalition (EPCC)
Thursday, Apr. 15, 2010 at 6:46 PM epccla2002@yahoo.com 818-749-0272 1610 Beverly Blvd. Suite No. 2 Los Angeles, CA 90026
The EPCC NEWS received a media advisory dated April 12 from a non-partisan group election watch dog called BANTAY PILIPINAS that they will be holding a presidential candidates from on April 21 at 7;00 PM in Los Angeles.
The election debate among spokespersons of presidential candidates will be held at Kapistahan Grill, 1925 W. Temple St. Los Angeles in the heart of Historic Filipinotown, Los Angeles.
According to Jerry Esguerra, BANTAY PILIPINAS convenor , the groups that signified to come are the Aquino-Roxas groups represented by Manny Lopez, , the Villar Camp by Eric Villar and Bobby Reyes,, the Teodoro Group by Eliseo Art Silva and Eddie Villanueva by Jay Valencia.
BANTAY PILIPINAS PRESIDENTIAL FORUM IN KAPISTAHAN GRILL IN LA, APRIL 21
Los Angeles— The EPCC NEWS received a media advisory dated April 12 from a non-partisan group election watch dog called BANTAY PILIPINAS that they will be holding a presidential candidates from on April 21 at 7;00 PM in Los Angeles.
The election debate among spokespersons of presidential candidates will be held at Kapistahan Grill, 1925 W. Temple St. Los Angeles in the heart of Historic Filipinotown, Los Angeles.
According to Jerry Esguerra, BANTAY PILIPINAS convenor , the groups that signified to come are the Aquino-Roxas groups represented by Manny Lopez, , the Villar Camp by Eric Villar and Bobby Reyes,, the Teodoro Group by Eliseo Art Silva and Eddie Villanueva by Jay Valencia.
Invitations were also sent for the Estrada and Gordon Camps and are still have not responded to Bantay Pilipinas invitations.
As of the press time. Albay Governor Joey Salceda switched sides to the Liberal Party from LAKAS-KAMPI camp while former Ilocos Sur Governor Singson jumped to the Villar camp. More political butterflies are expected to switch sides as the campaign drew to a close.
In Paranaque. Representatives Golez and Zialcita endorsed Aquino leaving the Villar camp. On the other hand in Camarines, the governor went to the Villar Camp. In Davao, former LAKAS-KAMPI stalwart, Speaker Nograles is rumored to jump over the Villar camp.
Overseas Voting Starts Abroad
The pot is sweetened by the overseas Filipino votes. In the United States, more than 61,000 voters will vote by mail. Postal voting is the mode of voting for OVA’s. They can either mail or personally deliver their accomplished ballot to any RP consulate in their states.
Overall, there are only 143, 659 overseas voters for 2010 elections. This is higher than the 2007 elections registered voters of 142, 667. There is only 61,000 voters in the United States, with Los Angeles having 11, 975 voters.
In the United States, all the camps of the current presidential candidates redoubled their efforts as the less than amonth-30 days count down to the elections comes winding.
Noynoy Aquino and Mar Roxas is still leading the surveys and seems to pull away as the Villar connection to President Arroyo became more evident with the latest defections from LAKAS-KAMPI. Aquino has a 12% lead over Villar.
But the Villar campaign is slowly catching up. , they are not bothered with the surveys and says, the real survey will be on the election day., they are not bothered with the surveys and says, the real survey will be on the election day.
