No count but more trouble from yellows FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 04/30/2010

No count but more trouble from yellows

FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 04/30/2010 It was pretty evident that the poll body would reject the parallel manual count the business groups sought earlier. Truth is, the call came a bit too late for the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to approve the idea of a parallel manual count. Still, it must also be stated that the Comelec has hardly come clean with the people via the Congress, and has in fact, reneged on its pledges to the congressional oversight committee to prepare for manual polls and count, in the event of a failure of automated polls. The date agreed upon between the Comelec and the panel was that the poll body would prepare for such eventuality by March — or some two months ago. And it didn’t, claiming instead that there can be no failure of the automated polls..... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20100430com2.html

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