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Magdalo remind first-time voters to register amid deadline
23 days to deadline
October 8, 2009
THE Samahang Magdalo yesterday encouraged voters particularly those who will vote for the first time to register at their nearest Comelec office before registration ends on October 31.
For some to be reminded of this and regardless of whom they will vote, the Samahang Magdalo Taguig City chapter has organized bands of volunteer musicians to stage a one-night concert tomorrow, Saturday with a core message of encouraging first-time voters to register.
“If we desire genuine changes and reforms from crooked governance, we must begin these steps at making sure we are legitimate voters before the Comelec,” said Lt. Senior Grade James Layug, head of the Samahang Magdalo in the city that organized the concert.
The eldest child of a retired AFP enlisted personnel, Layug is currently detained in the PNP Custodial Center as one of the junior military officers who denounced the alleged corrupt leadership of Mrs. Arroyo in July 2003 in Oakwood and in November 2007 in Manila Peninsula in Makati City.
Aside from the concert, the chapter’s motorcycle riders club disseminated flyers that taught new voters the easy procedures in completing registration.
Beside reminding first-time voters, the concert though free admission also aims to persuade its audience to donate in cash or in kind with the proceeds be given to Taguig residents who were displaced by floods and are now sheltered in evacuation centers.
The concert dubbed as “Rock the Vote” will be held on Saturday, October 10 in multi-purpose hall in Barangay Central Bicutan which will start at 4p.m. through 10p.m.###
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6 Magdalo men to seek elective posts in 2010
SOME members of the Magdalo Group, which consists of former soldiers who staged a mutiny against President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in 2003, are now seeking elective posts come 2010.
Instead of using violent means to air their grievances against the politicization of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), the former soldiers are now planning to seek legislative seats.
Ashley Acedillo, spokesperson of the Magdalo Group, told the press Wednesday that at least six of them are running in the 2010 elections, five of whom are in legislative bodies.
“General Danilo Lim and Colonel Ariel Querubin will be running for the Senate, while four other will seek local positions,” Acedillo said.
Acedillo himself will be running for Congress in the First District of Cebu City, together with Captain Dante Langkit who will run for Congress in the sole district of Kalinga Province, and Lieutenant Senior Grade James Layug, who will seek congressional post for Taguig City.
Captain Gary Alejano will be running for mayor of Sipalay City.
During the 2007 elections, Oakwood mutiny leader Navy Lieutenant Junior Grade Antonio Trillanes IV ran under the Genuine Opposition banner and eventually made it to the Senate, although he never had the chance to join his colleagues in the Senate Hall as he is still in prison.
Acedillo said that further announcements will be made by the Magdalo Group on October 25 during their national convention, wherein members of 227 chapters are expected to attend. (CPM)
Published in the Sun.Star Davao newspaper on September 24, 2009.
Magdalos feed the poor, give away wheelchairs in Taguig
Malaya
September 17, 2009
MEMBERS of Partido Magdalo and their supporters visited depressed areas in Taguig City yesterday to feed indigents and distribute 22 wheelchairs to the disabled.
The Magdalos are planning to enter politics by fielding the more recognizable members like Scout Ranger Gen. Danilo Lim and Marine Col. Ariel Querubin in the senatorial race in 2010.
Its Taguig chapter president, Navy Ltsg. James Layug, said the activity was their way of bringing their cause to the grassroots.
Some 2,800 children from North Daang Hari, Tanyag, Maharlika, GHQ, Signal Village, Palar, Wildcat and PNR Site were fed by the Magdalo’s mobile soup kitchen. The feeding program actually began last June, said Samahang Magdalo administrative officer Noel Ariar, and continues to be held weekly.
“We just want to make an impact on the city’s depressed communities through this mobile soup kitchen. This is just one of the ways for our group to make meaningful approach to “ignored communities, a way to engage with their plight and at the same time, enrich volunteers with the experience of serving the less fortunate,” Ariar said.
“This feat may be old school yet it shows the connection of our people’s needs for attention and the volunteers’ willingness to help. Either way, we empower lives, we make meaningful presence,” said Layug who is reportedly running for Congress in Taguig.
Other Magdalos who are planning to run in next year’s elections are Marine Captain Gary Alejano and former Air Force Lt. Francisco Ashley Acedillo.
Layug was one of the core leaders of the Magdalo group, composed of junior officers and enlisted personnel that staged the 2003 Oakwood mutiny and the 2007 Manila Peninsula Hotel siege, both in Makati. He, along with the group’s other leaders Navy Ltsg.-turned-senator Antonio Trillanes IV and Alejano are currently detained at the PNP custodial center in Camp Crame while awaiting resolution of their coup d’etat and rebellion cases. – Ashzel Hachero