MANILA, March 7, 2013-The administration coalition Team PNoy on Thursday/March 7 welcomed the appointment of two new commissioners of the Commission on Elections as a step forward in ensuring that the Comelec’s efforts towards having a clean and fair elections in May is more achievable.
“We welcome President Aquino’s appointment of former Ambassador Macabangkit Lanto and election lawyer Bernadette Sardillo as replacements for retired Commissioners Rene Sarmiento and Armando Velasco as this now completes the commission's membership during this very critical period. We hope that their addition will now afford the Comelec enough manpower to carry out pending reforms to make the elections orderly, peaceful and credible,” Team PNoy spokesman Rep. Miro Quimbo said.
The Marikina representative likewise said the appointment will allow the Comelec to carry out steps “towards making the elections truly balanced.”
“We trust that the new appointees will serve as instruments, not obstacles, to the government's pursuit of transparency and accountability," Quimbo said.
Team PNoy senatorial candidate former Sen. Jamby Madrigal also welcomed the appointments, noting the two commissioners will bring to the poll body fresh perspectives on election reform consistent with the President’s “daang matuwid” program.
“I am glad that the vacancies in the Comelec have been filled with people of integrity and competence. I trust that the Commission will do its best to ensure a clean and honest election this May," Madrigal said.
Former Sen. Ramon “Jun” Magsaysay meanwhile congratulated Lanto and Sardillo on their appointments, saying they are welcome additions to the poll body.
“We are filled with optimism that, like the rest of the men and women of the Comelec, they will ensure that the mid-term elections will be clean and honest.
He advised the new appointees to be meaningful agents of change and work with a fair sound mind.
“We’re confident that they will contribute significantly to the Comelec’s conduct of clean, fair, orderly and peaceful elections in May as well as in future political exercises,” he said.
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