Presidential candidate Richard Gordon has sued Pulse Asia and the Social Weather Stations (SWS) for damages over the pollsters’ alleged bias in conducting pre-election surveys.
Gordon filed his suit before a Quezon City regional trial court through lawyer Chito Diaz on Thursday morning. The senator also asked the court to issue a temporary restraining order and writ of preliminary injunction.
If granted, the restraining order will mean survey results will not be released for the meantime. A hearing for a longer preliminary injunction will then be held. If the injunction is issued, SWS and Pulse Asia won’t be able to release survey results until the case is resolved.
"It is about time that these survey companies be held accountable for their false and misleading surveys. It is a fact that surveys tend to create a bandwagon effect on the voters and effectively strips off voters of their right to select their candidates based on their platform and credentials," Gordon said in a statement.
Pre-election surveys have shown that Gordon had been getting only 2–3 percent voters’ preference.
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Villar earned billions from illegal stock deal in ‘07 — Erap camp
Senator Manuel Villar Jr. allegedly pressured corporate regulators into allowing him to sell stocks of his listed holding company — in violation of stock market rules — in 2007 so he could fund his presidential campaign.
The camp of former President Joseph Estrada bared this allegation in a press briefing on Thursday, accusing the Nacionalista Party presidential bet of making P5 billion from the allegedly irregular transaction, a charge that Villar’s camp quickly dismissed.
Estrada, who was booted out of office by a popular street uprising before his impeachment trial could finish in 2001, was himself tagged as having profited from selling BW Resources shares in 1999, in what was dubbed then as the Philippines’ biggest share price manipulation scandal.
Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile claimed Villar met with the Philippine Stock Exchange board three years ago to pressure its members into bending the so-called lock-up rule so he could sell his stake in Vista Land and Lifescapes, Inc. after it got listed on the bourse.
Under the rules, a shareholder who owns at least a tenth of a company being listed on the exchange cannot sell his shares until after six months.
One of Villar’s real estate companies that had a stake in Vista land was supposedly exempted from the 180-day lock-up period.
This, Enrile alleged, had allowed Villar, who was Senate president at that time, to make almost P5 billion from the stock sale.
"There is no doubt in my mind that Senator Manuel Villar himself lobbied and exerted pressure to railroad the approval of his family-owned company’s request for exemption to enable him and his family to sell their shares, which were otherwise subject to a lock-up at a hefty premium," Enrile said.
The reelectionist senator added that Villar might have "blackmailed" the PSE board members into allowing him to sell the stocks.
"Did Senator Manny Villar, as has been the talk in business circles, really threaten the PSE with a Senate investigation of the shenanigans of its own members?... If such is a fact, I call on the PSE board to say so," he said.
Enrile said Villar’s use of his position for personal gain betrays the presidential bet’s "real character." "Sinira ni Manny Villar at ng mga kasabwat niya sa PSE Board ang integridad ng Philippine Stock Exchange. Ito ba ang uri ng tao na dapat iluklok ng sambayanan bilang susunod na Pangulo ng Pilipinas? (Manny Villar and his cohorts on the PSE board destroyed the integrity of the Philippine Stock Exchange. Is this the kind of person who should become the next Philippine President?)"
But the Philippine Stock Exchange said Vista Land had complied with its listing rules.
"The PSE board had earlier approved the public offering of Vista Land and in a subsequent meeting in 2007 clarified that the lock-up rule would not apply to the sale by existing shareholders owning less than 10 percent of the outstanding capital stock of the company at the time of the offering," PSE Chairman Hans B. Sicat said in a statement.
Earlier reports put Villar’s stake in the holding firm through Polar Property at 8.5 percent — less than the 10-percent floor — or 722.61 million shares.
“The PSE is committed to the development of the capital markets of our country and implements its rules to protect the interest of its stakeholders and the investing public," the exchange said.
‘Black propaganda’
Nacionalista Party senatorial bet Adel Tamano dismissed the Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino’s accusations as black propaganda.
“We are committed to running a positive campaign. Let’s forget the personal attacks and mudslinging and focus on our platforms and qualifications so the voters can choose wisely," Tamano said in a text message to GMANews.TV.
Tamano used to be the spokesman of the Estrada-led Genuine Opposition, before the senatorial candidate moved to Villar’s party in 2009.
He added that Villar’s legal team had already addressed the issue before.
Estrada, however, said in a separate interview the "exposé" was not meant to derail Villar’s candidacy.
"I don’t want to mudsling (sic) any of the presidential candidates. I want a high-level campaign, but I was forced to reveal this because these are well-documented and the public has the right to know," he said.
The former President, convicted of plunder in 2007 before he was pardoned by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, said he found out about Villar’s meeting with the PSE board four months ago, but had to make sure the allegations were true.
"We had to gather documents. I might be accused of mudslinging, unless we have the documents to prove this," he added.
Despite his camp’s accusations, Estrada said he would not start another disqualification case against his "friend" Villar.
"I will not initiate that. Maybe other people might do that. In fairness to my friend, Senator Villar, I won’t initiate that," he said.
The camp of former President Joseph Estrada bared this allegation in a press briefing on Thursday, accusing the Nacionalista Party presidential bet of making P5 billion from the allegedly irregular transaction, a charge that Villar’s camp quickly dismissed.
Estrada, who was booted out of office by a popular street uprising before his impeachment trial could finish in 2001, was himself tagged as having profited from selling BW Resources shares in 1999, in what was dubbed then as the Philippines’ biggest share price manipulation scandal.
Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile claimed Villar met with the Philippine Stock Exchange board three years ago to pressure its members into bending the so-called lock-up rule so he could sell his stake in Vista Land and Lifescapes, Inc. after it got listed on the bourse.
Under the rules, a shareholder who owns at least a tenth of a company being listed on the exchange cannot sell his shares until after six months.
One of Villar’s real estate companies that had a stake in Vista land was supposedly exempted from the 180-day lock-up period.
This, Enrile alleged, had allowed Villar, who was Senate president at that time, to make almost P5 billion from the stock sale.
"There is no doubt in my mind that Senator Manuel Villar himself lobbied and exerted pressure to railroad the approval of his family-owned company’s request for exemption to enable him and his family to sell their shares, which were otherwise subject to a lock-up at a hefty premium," Enrile said.
The reelectionist senator added that Villar might have "blackmailed" the PSE board members into allowing him to sell the stocks.
"Did Senator Manny Villar, as has been the talk in business circles, really threaten the PSE with a Senate investigation of the shenanigans of its own members?... If such is a fact, I call on the PSE board to say so," he said.
Enrile said Villar’s use of his position for personal gain betrays the presidential bet’s "real character." "Sinira ni Manny Villar at ng mga kasabwat niya sa PSE Board ang integridad ng Philippine Stock Exchange. Ito ba ang uri ng tao na dapat iluklok ng sambayanan bilang susunod na Pangulo ng Pilipinas? (Manny Villar and his cohorts on the PSE board destroyed the integrity of the Philippine Stock Exchange. Is this the kind of person who should become the next Philippine President?)"
But the Philippine Stock Exchange said Vista Land had complied with its listing rules.
"The PSE board had earlier approved the public offering of Vista Land and in a subsequent meeting in 2007 clarified that the lock-up rule would not apply to the sale by existing shareholders owning less than 10 percent of the outstanding capital stock of the company at the time of the offering," PSE Chairman Hans B. Sicat said in a statement.
Earlier reports put Villar’s stake in the holding firm through Polar Property at 8.5 percent — less than the 10-percent floor — or 722.61 million shares.
“The PSE is committed to the development of the capital markets of our country and implements its rules to protect the interest of its stakeholders and the investing public," the exchange said.
‘Black propaganda’
Nacionalista Party senatorial bet Adel Tamano dismissed the Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino’s accusations as black propaganda.
“We are committed to running a positive campaign. Let’s forget the personal attacks and mudslinging and focus on our platforms and qualifications so the voters can choose wisely," Tamano said in a text message to GMANews.TV.
Tamano used to be the spokesman of the Estrada-led Genuine Opposition, before the senatorial candidate moved to Villar’s party in 2009.
He added that Villar’s legal team had already addressed the issue before.
Estrada, however, said in a separate interview the "exposé" was not meant to derail Villar’s candidacy.
"I don’t want to mudsling (sic) any of the presidential candidates. I want a high-level campaign, but I was forced to reveal this because these are well-documented and the public has the right to know," he said.
The former President, convicted of plunder in 2007 before he was pardoned by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, said he found out about Villar’s meeting with the PSE board four months ago, but had to make sure the allegations were true.
"We had to gather documents. I might be accused of mudslinging, unless we have the documents to prove this," he added.
Despite his camp’s accusations, Estrada said he would not start another disqualification case against his "friend" Villar.
"I will not initiate that. Maybe other people might do that. In fairness to my friend, Senator Villar, I won’t initiate that," he said.
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Erap Estrada Update 4/20/2010
Estrada gets surprise greetings from Teodoro, Aquino
TAYTAY, RIZAL—On his 73rd birthday Monday, former President Joseph Estrada got surprise birthday greetings from Gilbert “Gibo” Teodoro and Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III, but not a word from Sen. Manuel Villar, the man Estrada considers his bitter rival.
On the eve of his birthday, he was gifted with a brand new Toyota Sequoia SUV (Platinum model retails between $56,180 and $59,405 in the US) by his wife, former Sen. Luisa “Loi” Ejercito and their children. In turn, he promised to lessen his smoking even as he claimed that his lungs remained “clear.”
Having heard of Estrada’s lavish praises on him since last week, administration candidate Teodoro phoned the former president Monday morning for a customary “Happy Birthday” greeting, and more.
Estrada considers Teodoro the most qualified, besides himself, among the present crop of presidential wannabes.
TAYTAY, RIZAL—On his 73rd birthday Monday, former President Joseph Estrada got surprise birthday greetings from Gilbert “Gibo” Teodoro and Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III, but not a word from Sen. Manuel Villar, the man Estrada considers his bitter rival.
On the eve of his birthday, he was gifted with a brand new Toyota Sequoia SUV (Platinum model retails between $56,180 and $59,405 in the US) by his wife, former Sen. Luisa “Loi” Ejercito and their children. In turn, he promised to lessen his smoking even as he claimed that his lungs remained “clear.”
Having heard of Estrada’s lavish praises on him since last week, administration candidate Teodoro phoned the former president Monday morning for a customary “Happy Birthday” greeting, and more.
Estrada considers Teodoro the most qualified, besides himself, among the present crop of presidential wannabes.
Manny Villar Update 4/20/2010
Villar's disqualification sought over ‘prohibited’ campaign funds
A lawyer of one of the presidential contenders in the May 10 elections on Monday formally asked the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to disqualify Nacionalista Party standard bearer Sen. Manuel Villar for allegedly receiving "prohibited" campaign contributions.In a 14-page complaint, Ernesto Francisco, lawyer of independent candidate Sen. Jamby Madrigal, said that there is “probable cause" to charge Villar with an election offense for receiving "prohibited" political contributions.
Francisco was referring to his earlier petition asking the poll body to look into the source of the senator's campaign funds.
“Routine"
Noynoy Aquino Update 4/20/2010
Andal Jr. backs Noynoy-Mar but LP bet says ‘No thanks’
(Update 2 - 7:22 p.m.) Andal Ampatuan Jr., a member of the powerful Ampatuan clan and the prime suspect in the murder of 57 people in Maguindanao, claimed that his family will support Liberal Party standard bearer Sen. Benigno “Noynoy" Aquino and his running mate Sen. Manuel "Mar" Roxas for the May 10 polls, even as the LP presidential bet said, "No thanks."Clad in a yellow shirt and baller at a press conference at Camp Bagong Diwa on Tuesday, detained Datu Unsay Mayor Andal Jr. said his father, former Maguindanao Governor Andal Sr., believes that their family can only attain real justice under an Aquino administration.
"Basta't ito po ang aming desisyon, susuportahan namin si Sen. Noynoy dahil siya ang nakikita namin na makakapagpabago sa gobyerno at makakakuha kami ng hustisya (we will support Sen. Noynoy because we believe he can reform the government and give us justice), he said."
Monday, April 19, 2010
Bro. Eddie Villanueva Update 4/19/2010
Bro. Eddie, Noynoy lead in HK polls: report
MANILA, Philippines - Bangon Pilipinas Party standard-bearer Bro. Eddie Villanueva and Liberal Party presidential bet Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III are leading the vote in the early results of the 2010 overseas absentee voting in Hong Kong, a newspaper for overseas Filipinos said. An exit poll conducted by the Sun on the first Sunday of voting held last April 11 showed Villanueva ahead with 396 votes, or 36.1% of the total 2901 votes cast. Aquino has 392 votes or 35.7%. Running a distant 3rd is Manny Villar with 204 votes or 18.6%.Other presidential candidates received only marginal support: Joseph Estrada of Pwersa ng Masa ng Pilipinas (PMP) had 34 votes; Gilbert "Gibo" Teodoro of Lakas-Kampi-CMD (Lakas) with 26; Richard Gordon of Bagumbayan-VNP (B. Bayan) with 22; and Jamby Madrigal (Independent) with 2. Two other candidates, JC de los Reyes of Ang Kasangga Party (AKP) and Jesus Perlas (Independent), did not get a single vote.
In the vice presidential race, Aquino's running-mate, Mar Roxas, slightly edged out Bangon Pilipinas vice-presidential bet Perfecto Yasay Jr. Roxas received 326 votes, or 30.2%, while Yasay was just 1 vote down at 325, or 29.6%.
Third in the race was Villar's running mate, Loren Legarda, with 198 votes, or 18%.
Erap Estrada Update 4/19/2010
Erap to legalize ‘jueteng’ if he wins
Erap to legalize ‘jueteng’ if he winsBy Charlie Lagasca (The Philippine Star)
April 19, 2010
BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines – Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino (PMP) presidential bet former President Joseph Estrada admitted here last Saturday that his campaign has experienced funding problems, unlike his successful bid in the 1998 elections.
He said he is one of the cash-strapped presidential candidates and his campaign is practically running on donations from numerous supporters “who continue to believe in our mission.”
Estrada also reiterated that he would work for the legalization of the numbers game jueteng if elected president.
“I don’t see the logic of wealthy individuals entering into casinos and poor ones betting in jueteng. Don’t tell me those gambling inside casinos will go to heaven if they die and those betting on jueteng will go to hell,” said Estrada.
Estrada’s group had a series of campaign sorties in Bayombong and Solano, Nueva Vizcaya.
“Our campaign is practically surviving through the help of some friends and supporters,” he said.
He said the warm reception and continued adulation of the people for their team have encouraged him and his party mates to continue the campaign.
Gibo Teodoro Update 4/19/2010
STOP MIGRATION TO METRO MANILA BY DEVELOPING PROVINCES-GIBO
SILANG, Cavite—Pushing for development in the countryside and tapping their economic potential is the key to plugging the movement of people from the provinces to Metro Manila and greater Manila areas like Cavite, said Lakas-Kampi-CMD standard-bearer Gibo Teodoro in an evening political rally here over the weekend.
“Nagiging problema ang pagdagsa ng tao sa Kamaynilaan at sa Cavite dahil sa nakakakita sila ng mga oportunidad dito [The migration of people to Manila and Cavite to look for opportunities is starting to become a problem],” said the former defense secretary. “Paano solusyonan ito? Hindi dito sa Maynila o Cavite, kungdi kung saan sila nanggagaling. [Where do we find the solution for this? Not in Manila or Cavite, but in the provinces from where they came from].”
The Harvard-trained lawyer and bar topnotcher said the migration of people from the provinces to Metro Manila and greater Manila areas like Cavite, has been a major challenge when it comes to urbanization and development.
“Pag di natin sila binigyan ng oportunidad sa kanilang probinsya, dadagsa sila dito at masasakal tayo sa dami ng tao. [If we don’t give them opportunities in provinces, throngs of them will come here, and Cavite and Metro Manila will be congested with too much people],” he said. “Pag ganu’n, ang pondo na dapat gamitin ng mayor para sa pag-seserbisyo sa tao mahahati lalo para sa mga taong galing sa ibang lugar [If that happens, the funds allocated for services will be divided further for the people coming from other provinces].”
Gibo urged the build-up of home-grown opportunities in the provinces, from eco-tourism to agriculture. By tapping the economic potential of the provinces, opportunities will be created, and country folk will no longer find the need to try their luck in the cities, said the ruling party presidential bet.
Gibo spoke on a makeshift stage, before a throng of people who crammed the “lucky” compound of Silang Mayor Areng Poblete. The queue of Caviteños waiting to get a glimpse of Gibo, and hoping to meet him, overflowed from the compound into the streets.
Earlier in the day, tens of thousands of Caviteños poured into the streets from all over Cavite, and later converged at a giant proclamation rally held under a fierce noonday sun at the General Trias Convention Center. Unmindful of the wilting heat, the crowd showed their overwhelming support for Lakas-Kampi-CMD standard bearer Gibo Teodoro.
Mirroring Friday’s astonishing Mandaluyong salvo, which drew over 30,000 people, the massive assembly of people at the General Trias Center raised their arms, waved green flags, and screamed their support for the former defense secretary.
The night before, some 30,000 people jammed the streets of Mandaluyong City in support for Gibo’s candidacy.
The huge throng of humanity snaked though this metropolitan city, tagged by international investors as a “Tiger City” for its vibrant infrastructure and pro-investment climate, most of them coming from the city’s teeming tenement areas and posh villages that have existed side-by-side with each other for decades.
“This is why I don’t believe surveys”, thundered the former defense secretary, as he basked in the glow of support of supporters who took to major routes like Nuebe de Pebrero, Shaw Boulevard and Martinez Highway, to surround the wooden stage built for the night’s rally.
Unfazed by the surging, green-clad crowd, residents from 26 out of 27 barangays of this city with over 200,000 voters repeatedly chanted “Dapat Gibo!” while holding out Gibo banners and waving green flags.
Gibo’s reception in Cavite the following day was just just as overwhelming. “Kahit na alam kong madaming pupunta para makita at madinig si Gibo, pinili ko pa ding dito maganap ang rally at hindi sa plaza kasi swerte ang lugar na ito [Even though I know people will come here in throngs just for Gibo, I still chose this place to hold the rally instead of the plaza, because I believe there’s luck here],” said Mayor Poblete.
“Iba-ibang presidente na ang pumunta para mag-rally dito at nananalo sila. Tulad ni FVR na dati’y pang-apat lang sa surveys, pumunta siya dito ilang linggo bago ang eleksyon at siya ay nanalo. [Different presidents already came here and won, like FVR who was just fourth in surveys. He came here just a few weeks before the elections, and he won],” Poblete revealed
“Tulad ng pagkakapanalo namin kay FVR dito sa Silang, papapanalunin din namin si Gibo dito sa Silang (Just like when we helped FVR win here in Silang, we will help Gibo win),” Poblete declared. He said Silang has more than 100,000 registered voters, and 58 out of 64 barangays support Gibo.
“Pati na din ang dalawa pa sa malalaking bayan ng Cavite, tulad ng Dasmarinas at Bacoor, sumusuporta kay Gibo kaya confident na talaga kami sa pagka-panalo niya,” (The two towns of Dasmarinas and Bacoor are also for Gibo, which is why we are confident of his victory),” said Poblete. “Lahat kami naniniwala na nasa kanya ang pag-asa ng Pilipinas( We all believe that the country’s hope rests on Gibo).”
General Trias Mayor Jon-jon Ferrer had agreed with this assessment of Gibo’s character and qualifications. “[The people here] are pro-Gibo because he has the best qualities of the other presidentiables: he is incorruptible and he’s hardworking, yet he keeps a low profile,” he told reporters during the General Trias rally.
“Most of all, the people believe that he can unite the country, and the clashing politicians,” Ferrer said. “Gibo represents the new face of politics, the politics of performance; politics which focuses on important issues concerning the country.”
Ferrer expressed confidence that the Harvard graduate and 1989 bar topnotcher will win in his 110,000 vote-rich municipality, saying that the huge turn out of people from all 33 barangays in General Trias is already an indication of Gibo’s victory here.
The outpouring of support during the rally in General Trias equalled the warm reception given to Gibo by Caviteños when the former defense secretary combed the streets of reclamation areas in Silang and Dasmariñas, pressing the flesh and waving to green-clad supporters that lined the streets..
Thousands of locals took to the streets, most were running after the vehicle carrying the presidential bet to get a glimpse of him, and to scream their support for him. The astonishing response from the Caviteños prompted Gibo to get off his vehicle to personally meet as as many residents as he could.
“Karangalan para sa akin ang makilala ang mga tao ng Cavite [It’s an honor to meet the people of Cavite],” he said. “Susuklian ko ito ng magagandang proyekto at tapat na serbisyo.”
Noynoy Aquino Update 4/19/2010
LP ASKS SC TO NULLIFY COMELEC RULING ON NP-NPC MERGER
SEEKS TRO ON COMELEC’S DOMINANT MINORITY PARTY DEBATES
At the same time, the LP urged the High Court to stop the Comelec from implementing its decision in its deliberation on who should be the dominant minority party in the May 10 national and local elections.
LP lawyers filed a 53-page Petition for Certiorari and Prohibition with Urgent Application for Temporary Restraining Order status quo ante and/or writ of preliminary injunction before the Supreme Court in Baguio City.
The LP reiterated the NP-NPC alliance was a bogus coalition formed solely to rob from the Liberal Party the recognition as the Dominant Minority Party, which it held during the 2007 senatorial elections.
Quoting from the dissenting opinion of Comelec Commissioner Rene Sarmiento, the LP insisted that the NP-NPC merger was a “sham, highly dubious and shameless.”
It pointed out anew that even NPC chairman Faustino Dy Jr., who signed the resolution for the NP-NPC alliance on behalf of the NPC, had admitted under oath before the Comelec that, despite being required under the Constitution and By-Laws of the NPC, the resolution on the coalition with NP was neither approved nor ratified by the NPC National Convention, the party’s highest policy-making body.
It noted that Dy had also admitted before the poll body that he did not consult NPC members whom he knew or believed would not agree to the merger. Also, it argued that the NP and the NPC have candidates running against each other for national and local positions in various areas during the May elections.
It also added that, “the absurdity of the purported coalition is epitomized by the supposed NP-NPC Coalition resolution, which allegedly adopted, as the Coalition’s senatorial candidate, the entire senatorial slate of the NP, to the exclusion of NPC senatorial candidates Tito Sotto and Ompong Plaza.”
“The NP-NPC was never formally, and much less, genuinely organized by the NPC. It was but a mere piece of paper purposely designed to emasculate the chances of other registered political parties who rely on their own truthful qualifications in their application for the dominant minority party status,” it argued.
LP lawyers lamented that despite glaring evidence that the coalition was unauthorized, “the Comelec, nonetheless, in grave abuse of discretion amounting to lack or excess in jurisdiction, granted the petition for registration of the NP-NPC Coalition ratiocinating that since no written opposition was filed by any NPC member to the supposed coalition, the NPC membership has purportedly accepted the same.”
On top of this, they alleged the Comelec, in grave and capricious exercise of discretion, took cognizance of the illegal NP-NPC merger “even if its Rules of Procedure and the explicit ruling of (the SC) require that the petition should have first been heard by a division of the Commission.”
“The Comelec disregarded its own rules and established jurisprudence in taking cognizance of the petition for registration at the first instance,” they said, adding: “To top it all, and in grave abuse of its discretion, the Comelec en banc acted on the petition for registration even if it was filed way beyond the deadline it had already set for the registration of political parties and even if there was no compelling reason for the Comelec to suspend its rules and/or adopt a liberal construction of its rules.”
“The fatal deficiencies and/or infirmities accompanying the filing of the petition for registration of the purported NP-NPC Coalition would have warranted its outright dismissal by the Comelec. Yet, instead of relegating the petition to the dustbin of history for being an outright mockery of our election laws, the majority of the Comelec Commissioner had even given life to it by granting the petition and causing the registration of the purported NP-NPC Coalition,” the LP argued.
The LP insisted it was necessary for the SC to step into the case, noting the proximity of the May 10 elections and a scheduled deliberation by the Comelec en banc on the applications for recognition as the Dominant Minority Party. “Unless a temporary restraining order and/or writ of preliminary prohibitory injunction is issued, (Comelec) will proceed, which clearly constitute a violation of (the LP’s) right to party representation in the Commission on Appointments, perpetrate and perpetuate a brazen constitutional breach and will result in irreparable damage and injury to petitioners.”
It stressed: “A coalition of political parties must not be just a piece of paper that can be registered whimsically, most especially when such purported coalition is not only dubious in its existence but is also severely tainted with bad faith and is intended to have undue advantage against those who are faithfully complying with the law.”
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