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Philippine Elections Under Fire

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Mar 15, 2007
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Under normal circumstances, when fire destroys

a decrepit, decades-old building already condemned as a fire hazard, people might

jump to the logical conclusion – this was a disaster waiting to happen.

But this is the Philippines. And two months before Election

Day, the gutted building happens to be the office of the Commission on

Elections (Comelec). Circums…

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