Arroyo predicts polls victory
Ap, Manila
President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo predicted a big victory for pro-administration candidates in the House of Representatives, but the opposition warned yesterday of possible plots to rig the snail-paced vote count. Arroyo described Monday's midterm congressional and local elections as "good, peaceful, free and fair," but opposition leaders said that portrayal represented "mental dishonesty" and demanded the national police take responsibility for the deaths of more than 120 people since campaigning began in January. In the latest attack, communist guerrillas ambushed an army convoy helping guard a road where ballot boxes were being transported in northern Abra province, killing seven soldiers, army spokesman Lt. Col. Ernesto Torres said.
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