Same ‘watchdog’ style EDITORIAL 05/15/2010

Same ‘watchdog’ style

EDITORIAL Click to enlarge 05/15/2010 Before the scheduled polls, there were a great many number of yellows — including their media and the Namfrel along with the usual Makati Business Club types, plus the yellow-linked IT experts --- all called for full vigilance against election fraud as they scored Smartmatic and the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on the many pitfalls of electronic poll fraud. It was they who were very vocal about probable electronic fraud being committed, pointing to the poll partners having removed most, if not all, of the anti-fraud security measures. Namfrel, although rejected as an accredited poll watchdog by the Comelec, claimed then that it would be conducting its own parallel count and report irregularities and fraud. Namfrel officials even brought up the issue of massive disenfranchisement, along with the need to delist the zombie registrants. All too suddenly, with their presidential candidate, Sen. Noynoy Aquino leading in the unofficial tally of the poll watchdog, Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV), not a pip is being heard from any of them doing what they had earlier vowed to do, by way of safeguarding the ballot. Namfrel and the rest of the IT experts linked to the yellows all claimed they are not partisans but neutral. All they wanted to do was to ensure the sanctity of the ballot.... MORE   Source:  The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20100515com1.html

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