More trial and conviction by publicity FRONTLINE Ninez Cacho-Olivares 07/19/2011

More trial and conviction by publicity

FRONTLINE

Ninez Cacho-Olivares

07/19/2011
Almost everyone knows there was cheating during the 2004 presidential elections. Most everyone also knows that there was cheating during the 2007 elections. So was there cheating during the 2010 presidential elections.

Heck, even during the 2001 polls, there certainly was fraud, to ensure the loss of the then opposition led by Erap Estrada.

For that matter, electoral fraud had been committed long, long before, whether during Marcos’ time, Cory Aquino’s time (remember her then high-tech fraud in 1987 where there was that attempt to block out all the then opposition senatorial bets? Then too, there certainly was cheating in the 1992 presidential elections—and always with the cooperation of Namfrel.

Recall that the election 1992 “quick count” took so long to determine just who won the presidency and recall too, that the Cory Comelec relied solely on the “media count” where the Namfrel officials were working in the background, doing their usual dark play..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

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