Not for his distinguished legislative record — he practically had none — was Benigno S. Aquino III elected to the Philippine Presidency in 2010, but for his presumed libertarian and human rights heritage.

The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) here welcomes the recent decision rendered by the Comelec en banc approving the petition seeking for early voting for the members of the media starting this 2013 mid-term election.