Diverting the focus EDITORIAL 05/23/2010

Diverting the focus

EDITORIAL Click to enlarge 05/23/2010 With so many pieces of evidence being presented by several candidates — even if they have been deemed to have lost electronically — all of which point to the massive failure of the automated system, for which Smartmatic and the Commission on Elections should be held responsible and accountable, it is puzzling why outgoing Rep. Teddy Boy Locsin and the Comelec commissioners are zeroing in on the masked whistle-blower dubbed as Koala Bear of whom they have made much fun. Locsin vented his ire at Malacañang, with whom he had slept for so many years that Gloria was in power and position, accusing the Palace of having let loose this masked whistle-blower and threatening to disclose just who in the Palace masterminded this whistle-blower play, which Locsin said was done to destroy the “integrity” of the Comelec. Integrity of the Comelec? What integrity, when it allowed Smartmatic to do away with all the safety features to ensure fraud-free elections, or, at the very least, ensure that if fraud is committed, this fraud could be traced. Integrity of the Comelec or the commissioners, when they continue to be evasive, and worse, refuse to follow that which the law states? Comelec, as well as Locsin, tried to refocus the hearing from the hard evidence of fraud being presented by candidates to a return of the whistle-blower, with Comelec officials claiming that they have “initial” reports that the whistle-blower was let loose by a losing candidate. Who it was, they didn’t say.... MORE   Source:  The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20100523com1.html

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