When the unofficial results being tallied by the PPCRV yielded a numerically improbable total, Smartmatic technicians proceeded to change a script of the source code, which, to IT experts, proves that the election results could easily be tampered with.
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PCOS machine malfunctions raise questions on election results
Instead of releasing partial, unofficial results and providing “trends” based on unreliably tallied votes, the Comelec must order the manual counting of votes.” – Bayan Muna Rep. Neri Colmenares
Military visible near polling centers
In schools that served as polling centers here, soldiers from the 25th Infantry are observed to have stayed nearer, less than five meters, to be exact.
Machine woes hound first hours of voting in Metro Manila – Kontra Daya
The most common problems reported are PCOS machine shutdowns and jams, rejected ballots, back-up memory loss and printer malfunctions.
AES Oversight Committee urged to convene ASAP
“It is just right that Congress, through its AES Oversight Committee, steps into the scene to provide timely recommendations and proposals to the COMELEC as to the issues hounding the PCOS machines.” – Bayan Muna Rep. Neri Colmenares By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com MANILA — Bayan Muna Rep. Neri Colmenares called on the Joint Congressional Oversight…
Aquino hand seen as behind Comelec’s attempts at Piston, progressive partylists
“In terms of postering, we all know who are the real violators. Akbayan, Risa Hontiveros and Bam Aquino have the most number of illegally placed posters all over the country but they remain sacred cows that are not being touched by Comelec.” – PISTON
Military intel eyes NPA areas on elections
Major General Ariel Bernardo, commanding officer of the 10th Infantry Division, says Monday the military “will be occupying conflict-affected areas,” or about 15 percent of his unit’s area of responsibility, which he calls “guerilla bases.” These are in the boundaries of Davao del Norte-Bukidnon, Davao del Norte-Agusan Sur and Compostela Valley-Davao Oriental.
Why pick on us? – Makabayan
“Aquino’s Comelec has been persecuting progressive partylist groups while condoning the existence of bogus partylist organizations and even tolerating their campaign violations.” – Rep. Luz Ilagan, Gabriela Women’s Party
Is there a concerted effort to crowd out the poor, remove progressives from partylist elections?
“Comelec’s double standards in implementing election guidelines is apparent in the way it is pursuing the cases against Kabataan and Piston, while large-scale campaign violators such as candidates from Team P-Noy run free and unscathed.” – Kabataan Partylist
The new normal
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld What’s a Philippine election for that one should once more be inflicted on us? It’s certainly not so the citizenry can elect new leaders–or even remotely better ones, that possibility being nil with the dominance of a handful of dynasties over the political system. Neither is it…