Wrong move
| FRONTLINE |
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| Ninez Cacho-Olivares |
From reports, Noynoy Aquino confirmed that he had interviewed at least two election lawyers — one, the election lawyer of Gloria Arroyo in 2004, Romulo Macalintal, and his election lawyer in his 2010 presidential run, Sixto Brillantes, for the position of chairman of the Commission on Elections (Comelec), which is to be vacated by Jose Melo.
Apparently, Noynoy does not care about appointing individuals who would be in a conflict of interest situation, as both Macalintal and Brillantes, perhaps between them, have cornered about 60 percent, if not more, of the number of protesting candidates, and there are many.
At the same time, there is doubt that these two, even if they are admittedly knowledgeable in matters of election laws, may nevertheless not be computer-savvy, that is, if we are to again have computerized polls, which may not happen mainly because despite claims of a successful automated presidential poll exercise, and with too big a budget, there certainly was not only automated fraud, but also a highly unconstitutional way of a recounting and the validation of votes cast for a candidate protesting his loss, to check whether or not he really won or lost.
The poll body is merely making false claims and the Yellows are hardly complaining about the fraudulent presidential polls, because their anointed won the race..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110113com2.html
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