What’s the rush? EDITORIAL 06/01/2010

What’s the rush?

EDITORIAL Click to enlarge 06/01/2010 Really now, just what is the rush in having the National Board of Canvassers (NBoC) proclaim the president-elect and vice president-elect? Whoever is proclaimed won’t be able to do anything officially anyway until noon of June 30, which is a full month away, so what’s all this ado being whipped up by some quarters for the NBoC to drop all efforts to authenticate the count and check on whether the electronic count, from the automated machines is accurate and authentic? Sen. Noynoy Aquino has not, as yet, been proclaimed, but he and his Liberal Party are obviously preparing themselves to take power once the term of Gloria Arroyo ends. Nothing is therefore lost.  It is not as if the automated polls went without any hitches, irregularities and anomalies. Truth of the matter is that there have been much too many of them, with the electorate losing faith and confidence in automated elections — as being experienced today. So what is it really that those bitching about the “slow canvass” of the NBoC really want? For the canvass board to sacrifice accuracy for speed? If so, then what these quarters really are saying is that the vote of the sovereign Filipino people can be ignored and that an inaccurate count and fake certificates of canvass are acceptable in Philippine elections.... MORE   Source:  The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20100601com1.html

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