Incompetence: The Comelec’s name EDITORIAL 10/27/2010

Incompetence: The Comelec’s name

EDITORIAL

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10/27/2010
Noynoy Aquino was reported to have been dissatisfied with the many snags encountered during the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections. It is perhaps accurate to state that many more share his sentiments.

Still, just what can he do, given his dissatisfaction over the Commission on Elections (Comelec)’s poll performance?

The Comelec is, under the Constitution, an independent constitutional body and the executive branch can’t order it around.

But Congress can do something about the incompetence of the poll body and its officials in conducting any election every single time.

And every single time, the Comelec always lays the blame on some other body, such as the National Printing Office, with Comelec Chief Jose Melo saying that the delay was directly caused by the NPO for the ballot printing delay, adding that the NPO’s machines are old and outdated.

But weren’t the election documents, for the May 2010 polls, also printed by the NPO?.... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20101027com1.html