“We regret that the poor outcome of the FTS would reflect the outcome of the actual polls, which could lead to election failure.” — Aya Ragrario, University of the Philippines professor and convener of Kontra Daya
Tags: Election 2013
Elections Philippine style, same issues, same problems
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com On Monday May 13, 2013, the country would have its first elections under the Aquino administration, which was propelled to power on the promise of change. This will be the first elections under the so-called “tuwid na daan” (righteous path) regime of President Benigno Aquino III. The question is: do you…
Election watchdog questions Comelec’s decision to delay review of source code
Without credible and timely source code review and bug fixing, and considering all the reported PCOS failings plus the questionably undisclosed nature of licenses entered into by the Comelec, the AES Watch dares Comelec to do a 100-percent Parallel Manual count as a contingency measure.
OFWs disappointed over conduct of Overseas Absentee Voting
“The failure of the system in place has always been the biggest single stumbling block in making OFWs go out and vote.” – Migrante
Comelec accused of harassing anti-Aquino partylist bets
MANILA — Members of Kabataan partylist and other student organizations held a picket protest in front of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to denounce anew what they call as “continued harassment of progressive partylists.” Comelec has threatened to disqualify the youth party and Piston partylist representing jeepney drivers and operators for allegedly violating Comelec resolution…