Congratulations and lamentations
Truth to tell, multi-million Filipinos wanted honest and credible 2010 national elections — for a change. They have had one too many Philippine elections that were identified with glaring fraud and flagrant cheating. This has been the main reason upright and competent citizens avoided both local and national politics as a dirty play, a big pest. That was why when the Filipinos were told by the still reigning administration that they would have high-tech fully automated elections, they could not but look forward to the political exercise with much anticipation and pride. And with ample reason: The most corrupt and wherefore the poorest underdeveloped country in Asia was precisely the first one to have it much publicized — not only its supposedly full-scale but also allegedly full-proof mechanized electoral process. It was then not only good but great news! Such wonder plus expectation was precisely the reason multi-million Filipinos — the young and the adult, the elderly and disabled — all trooped to the so-called “clustered precincts.” So what if a good number of them did not know what to do. Never mind if the heat of the day was practically unbearable. It was not important if there were long multi-lines of voters all sweating and impatient to cast their votes. The PCOS appeared to be wonder machines. The ballots looked both impressive and awesome. The elections had all the proper advertisements and needed promotions to psych the Filipino electorate into believing that the country would definitely have dependable and trustworthy elections — at long last!... MORE Source: The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20100527com6.html |
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