Almost everyone is praising the speed with which the election results were recorded, with all the elation centered on the automated count. Almost. While the speed with which the electoral count was refreshing, the question to ask is whether the results transmitted were accurate. We may well have an electronically elected president, but one that may not reflect the sovereign will of the people. There are just too many doubts despite the elections being over. Smartmatic should no just be let off easy and neither should the Commission on Elections (Comelec). The fact is, the possibility that the 2010 polls were marked with electronic fraud is there — especially as Smartmatic, just a few days before the scheduled polls, pulled out all the flash cards — all 76,000 of them — and replaced all in just two days, getting new ones from Taiwan and elsewhere. The point is, if only 2,000 or so machines had defective cards, why were all the flash cards pulled out?.... MORE Source: The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20100513com2.html |
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29. Alam n'yo kaya na ngayon ang ika-115 na pagdiriwang ng pinakaunang
labanan ng Himagsikan bago pa man ang pangkalahataang pag-aaklas? Ngayon
unang lum...
13 years ago
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