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Article: Former senator vows to stop election cheaters
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- The Filipino Express
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- October 29, 1995
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Arlyn Tobias Gajilan
Filipino Express, The
10-29-1995
Former senator vows to stop election cheaters.
NEW YORK
Former Senator Aquilino Pimentel is asking Filipino Americans to contribute at least $1 each to finance his campaign for clean and honest elections in the Philippines and to support his electoral protest.
Pimentel, who has charged that he was cheated out of a senatorial seat during the May elections, needs at least P10 million to re-canvass the votes. So far, Filipinos back home have raised P2 million to finance his crusade, a first in the history of Philippine politics.
In a press conference held October 19, Pimentel said he is armed with documents to prove that the manipulation of ...