CBCP president Lagdameo lamented that “ vote-buying and other anomalies have already become systematic and even cultural .” He stressed that election watchdogs, including the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting ( PPCRV ), noted that the problem no longer lies in the voters but the voting system itself and the irresponsibility of some election officials.

In 1932, he took up flying, buying the de Haviland Moth aircraft Henrietta and being elected chairman of the Household Brigade Flying Club.

Anne Henrietta Martin, the NWP's first vice chairman, was sentenced to the Occoquan Workhouse, though Wilson pardoned her in less than a week.

Selig had by this time become chairman of the Executive Council of Major League Baseball, and as such became de facto acting commissioner.

Deng Xiaoping outmaneuvered Mao's anointed successor chairman Hua Guofeng, and gradually emerged as the de facto leader over the next few years.

In 2000 de Klerk established the pro-peace FW de Klerk Foundation of which he is the chairman.

de Klerk is also chairman of the Global Leadership Foundation, an organisation he established after retiring from office.

As chairman of the CRB, Hoover worked with the leader of the Belgian Comite National de Secours et Alimentation ( CN ), Emile Francqui, to feed the entire nation for the duration of the war.

Although it had no formal head, the General Secretary of the Party, who was almost always head of the Central Committee, functioned as its de facto chairman.

The TRC had a number of high profile members: Archbishop Desmond Tutu ( chairman ), Dr. Alex Boraine ( Deputy Chairman ), Mary Burton, Advocate Chris de Jager, Bongani Finca, Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, Sisi Khampepe, Richard Lyster, Wynand Malan, Reverend Khoza Mgojo, Hlengiwe Mkhize, Dumisa Ntsebeza ( head of the Investigative Unit ), Dr. Wendy Orr, Advocate Denzil Potgieter, Mapule Ramashala, Dr. Fazel Randera, Yasmin Sooka and Glenda Wildschut.

From 1966 to 1967, he also headed the Christian Democratic Union as de facto chairman, despite the fact that he was never a member of that party ( which made his election to the chairmanship irregular and void de jure ), as he never formally filed a membership application despite pressures from Chancellor Adenauer.

Elected in 1862 as chairman of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, he was surrounded by a committee of important painters: Eugène Delacroix, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, Édouard Manet, Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse and Gustave Doré.

In 1862 he was elected chairman of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts ( National Society of Fine Arts ) with a board which included Eugène Delacroix, Édouard Manet, Gustave Doré and Pierre Puvis de Chavannes.

Other alarming developments followed: Carlo de Benedetti of Olivetti bought into the bank and became deputy chairman, only to leave two months later after receiving Mafia threats and lack of co-operation from Calvi.

At the cabinet meeting in Dublin held to consider the Treaty immediately after it had been signed, Cosgrave surprised de Valera by agreeing with Collins and with Arthur Griffith, de Valera's predecessor as leader of Sinn Féin and the chairman of the delegation which included Collins that had negotiated the Treaty.

While Gianni Paladini remained chairman of the football club, Alejandro Agag, as chairman of QPR Holdings ( the parent company ) was the de facto chairman, until he was replaced by Flavio Briatore in early February 2008.

In 1944 he became chairman of the Contact Commissie van de Illegaliteit and a member of the College van Vertrouwensmannen which the London government in exile charged with the preparation of steps to be taken at the time of liberation.

The 37th César Awards was presented on 24 February 2012, with Antoine de Caunes acting as the master of ceremonies and Guillaume Canet as the chairman of the ceremony.

* Bart de Graaff ( 1967-2002 ), television personality and producer, founder and chairman of BNN

In 1962 he gave up writing for motion pictures when he became director of the Opéra National de Paris and then chairman of SACEM, the French Performing Rights Society.

He rented a room near the house of Fyodor Wigel, the secretary of the Construction Commission, and applied to Agustín de Betancourt, the chairman of the commission ( and a partner of Breguet's in the 1790s ).

The decommissioning was confirmed by Canadian General John de Chastelain, chairman of the Independent International Commission on Decommissioning, as well as Lord Eames, former Archbishop of Armagh and Sir George Quigley, former top civil servant.

In 1960, the Morumbi Stadium was inaugurated, and named after the late Cícero Pompeu de Toledo, the club's chairman during most of the stadium construction.

Villa made an improved offer on 30 August, which was accepted by Newcastle chairman Freddy Shepherd.

Regular ground developments and innovations began in the summer of 1969 under the direction of the new chairman, Doug Ellis, who set about redeveloping Villa Park for the modern era.

It was announced at the 70th birthday gala of chairman Doug Ellis that the stand was to be renamed the " Doug Ellis Stand ", a move that caused some controversy among Villa fans with some still referring to it as the Witton Lane Stand.

On 28 November 2009, a bronze statue of former Villa chairman and founder of the Football League, William McGregor was unveiled outside the stadium.

Despite leading Villa to their first major success since their 1982 European Cup triumph, a mutual disliking between Villa chairman Doug Ellis and Ron that developed from 1992, inevitably resulted in him being sacked on 10 November 1994 following a 4 – 3 defeat at the hands of Wimbledon – three days after Ellis had given Ron a ' vote of confidence ' in the media, stating that Atkinson was one of England's top three football managers.

* 19 September 2006 – After becoming majority shareholder at the club, Randy Lerner officially becomes chairman of Aston Villa, replacing 82-year-old Doug Ellis.

Sir Herbert Douglas Ellis, OBE ( born 3 January 1924 ), is an entrepreneur, best known as the former chairman of Aston Villa Football Club.

Ellis was a controversial chairman and major shareholder of Aston Villa for two separate spells ; the first being from 1968 to 1975.

In December 2006, the 74-year-old Saunders was the guest of honour at Villa Park for the match between Aston Villa and Manchester United, invited by new chairman Randy Lerner.

* Doug Ellis ( born 1924 ), English entrepreneur and chairman of Aston Villa Football Club

In 1988 chairman Geoff Hester wanted to appoint a new manager and after an exhaustive search found his man: former Aston Villa and Wales player Brian Godfrey.

Aston Villa chairman William McGregor, the driving force behind the new competition, put in place a rule stating that only one club from each town or city could join, and chose Rovers, rather than Olympic, to be Blackburn's entrant.

Sven-Göran Eriksson gave his support and the then-current chairman of Aston Villa Football Club, Doug Ellis, announced that 47 of England's 92 league club chairmen had written to him backing the stadium.

Despite Hull City chairman Paul Duffen revealing that the Tigers had agreed a fee with Newcastle United to sign Beye on 6 August 2009, it was announced the following day that Beye had signed for Aston Villa.

A typical example from the 2001 general election was when Aston Villa supporter Ian Robinson stood as an independent candidate in the Sutton Coldfield constituency, in protest at the way chairman Doug Ellis ran the club.

This development is being funded by Mr. Qasim, the founder and chairman of Villa Group, and will doubtless offer Maamigili excellent opportunities for growth when it is completed.

Before the sale was announced, Anthony Bamford, chairman of British excavators manufacturer JCB, had expressed interest in purchasing Jaguar Cars in August, the year previously ; only to back out when told the sale would also involve Land Rover, which he did not wish to buy.

Despite this, Benaud told chairman of selectors Don Bradman that he would still be going for an improbable victory in accordance with his policy of aggression.

Numerous party leaders privately told Roosevelt that they would fight Wallace's renomination as VP and proposed Missouri Senator Harry S. Truman, a moderate who had gained favorable publicity as the chairman of a Senate wartime investigating committee, as FDR's new running mate.

Richard won, but chairman Leonard Carmichael told him he'd better find something or never " come begging at our door again.

Finding no peace there either, Stoke chairman Albert Booth told Matthews he would not be allowed to leave the club, and 3, 000 City supporters organized a meeting to make their feelings known – they too demanded that he stay.

" There were a few things that were peculiar about this animal-feed production plant ," Charles Duelfer, UNSCOM's deputy executive chairman, later told reporters, " beginning with the extensive air defenses surrounding it.

Then, on February 6, 1976, the vice chairman of the Lockheed Corporation told a United States Senate subcommittee that Tanaka had accepted $ 1. 8 million in bribes during his term as prime minister, in return for having Japan's parastatal airlines purchase Lockheed L-1011 aircraft ( the Lockheed bribery scandals ).

“ It ’ s a sad day for us here ,” Don Logan, chairman and chief executive of Time Inc., told CNNfn. com.

Denying that the kit change was merely a publicity stunt, club chairman Jan van den Elzen told Reuters:

King World chairman Roger King was reported in the New York Daily News as being embarrassed by the show's ratings and derision of being a ' bad Regis and Kelly clone ', and told the staff this upon the show's cancellation announcement, refusing to congratulate them on a good run.

The chairman of the committee told them that they could assert their right against self-incrimination.

For the First Test against New Zealand Snow was told by the chairman of the selectors Alec Bedser that he was dropped so that they could watch Alan Ward in a Test match, but Illingworth rang in the middle of the Essex vs Sussex match to tell Snow straight that he was dropped for disobeying his orders in the Test.

The chairman gave out a temperance song, and during the singing told Bright to put his notes aside and say what came into his mind.

ANSWER's position on the left side of this issue led to criticism ; Jaime Contreras, president of the National Capital Immigrant Coalition and chairman of the local Service Employees International Union in Washington, D. C., told the Washington Post regarding ANSWER that, " Groups ... that have done nothing on immigration have no reason to stick their nose where it doesn't belong ...

According to a 1960 promotional EP designed and distributed by Liberty Records for Liberty shareholders, David Seville ( of Chipmunks fame ), a composer / producer on Liberty, told Julie London that the term " exotica " was coined by Simon " Si " Waronker, Liberty Records co-founder and, at the time, board chairman.

The CBS chairman told Murrow that he was tired of the constant " stomach aches " the program caused when it covered controversial subjects.

After three weeks of revelations, Sir Marcus Fox, chairman of the backbench 1922 Committee, reportedly told Mellor in a phone call that he was becoming an embarrassment to John Major.

State Republican Party chairman Kirk Sullivan told the paper that the race appeared to be closer than normal because of a strong national trend against the Republicans.

:"( d ) It was thought by Elder James E. Talmage, chairman, and other members of the committee who were responsible for their omission that to avoid confusion and contention on this vital point of belief, it would be better not to have them bound in the same volume as the commandments or revelations which make up the Doctrine and Covenants .’ " ( as told to John William Fitzgerald, A Study of the Doctrine and Covenants, M. A.

The chairman, after being told about the Fourth Directive by RoboCop, fires Jones, allowing RoboCop to shoot him.

The story of the club's major involvement in the First World War has been told in a 2005 book entitled They Took The Lead, by Stephen Jenkins ( the deputy chairman of Leyton Orient Supporters ' Club ).

NYMEX's reputation was severely damaged, because, as future chairman Michel Marks told Goodman in his book, " The essence of an exchange is the sanctity of its contract ".

Strachan decided to leave Dundee as the club seemed unlikely to win back their top-flight status ; the Dundee chairman was also keen on cashing in his most prized asset, and told Gemmell that " we need £ 50, 000 by Friday or the banks are closing the gate ".

" Paul Greengrass told The Guardian in June 2008 that the chairman of Granada TV once told him: " Don't forget, your job's to make trouble.