76,000 memory cards to be replaced
Related story: Arroyo’s lawyer bats for postponement of elections
By Michael Lim Ubac, Tarra Quismundo, Kristine L. Alave
Philippine Daily Inquirer
Now, it can be told officially. The tests produced weird results.
This sent embarrassed officials of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and its partner, Smartmatic-TIM, scrambling to save the historic computerized balloting on May 10 by recalling 76,000 compact flash (CF) cards that are in the heart of the counting machines.
“We didn’t expect this to come out, but we are responding on time,” Cesar Flores, spokesperson for Smartmatic-TIM, at a nationally televised news conference said.
Flores blamed the glitches, which first surfaced in two precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines last month at the start of advance overseas voting in Hong Kong, on “human error.”
“We are taking all measures to remedy this,” Flores said, just five days before the May 10 national and local elections.
“We are optimistic that there will be no failure of elections,” said Commissioner Rene Sarmiento. “We are taking all measures to remedy this.”
“I will not be honest if I will say that my confidence has not been diminished because, as I said, what will happen next?” said Henrietta de Villa, chair of the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV), the Comelec’s citizen’s arm.
In mock elections on Monday conducted by the Comelec and Smartmatic-TIM in six towns in Occidental Mindoro, votes for presidential candidates Manny Villar and Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III were counted for Gilberto Teodoro Jr. of the administration party, according to the Nacionalista Party (NP).
This prompted supporters of Villar led by his NP spokesperson and senatorial candidate Gilbert Remulla to rush to the Comelec office in Manila to file a complaint.
Automated cheating?
Remulla showed to reporters a tally sheet from the PCOS and a manual count.
“There were five votes for Villar, five votes for Aquino, but when it came out (in the machine), there were no votes for Villar, no votes for Noynoy and 10 votes for Teodoro,” Remulla said.
“Is this automated cheating?” he asked, adding that the inability of the machines to properly count the votes in the mock elections proved persistent talk of a failure of elections.
Comelec officials reported that in tests in three far-flung towns of Cuyo, Magsaysay and Brooke’s Point in Palawan province, the machines only read portions of the ballots containing the names of candidates for national races, according to the Inquirer’s Southern Luzon Bureau.
Similar problems occurred in tests in the provinces of Bataan and Pampanga.
Flores said that the eleventh-hour glitch surfaced Monday during testing and sealing of machines in 50 to 100 precincts to show that the automated election system is working and has no malicious data.
Cards to be replaced
He said the problem was in the flash cards, equivalent to the SIM card in cell phones.
Although the company has no final numbers on defective compact flash cards, it is moving to replace the memory cards for all the 76,000 PCOS machines already sent to regional hubs for field distribution, according to Flores.
Present at the news conference were representatives from the Comelec Advisory Council (CAC) and its technical evaluation committee, and Makati City Rep. Teodoro Locsin Jr., one of the co-chairs of the Congressional Oversight Committee on the Automated Elections.
The wrong tallies stemmed from the memory cards, Flores said.
He noted that the cards contained wrong “instruction” regarding the local ballot face that caused the PCOS machines to give “contradictory” readings of the names and the votes for the local contests.
Officials said the PCOS machine read the races for the national posts correctly.
Precinct-specific cards
Each PCOS machine contains a compact flash card which has the details on the specific precinct. It has the number of voters per precinct and the names of the candidates vying for local posts, among others.
For the ballots, which are precinct specific, to be read and recorded correctly, the program inside the card and the software inside the PCOS machine must work together.
During the printing of the ballots, the spacing of the local ballot face was adjusted to double space from single space, the formatting used for the national contests.
This change was not included in the compact flash card, Flores said. As such, the PCOS machine read the local ballot face as if it had a single-space format, causing the machine to wrongly allot votes to certain candidates or skip other names.
“The flash cards inside the PCOS were not able to locate certain candidates to positions,” Flores explained.
“For some reason, the configuration was telling the machine that the second row visually is actually the third row,” he said. The next row was read as a “blank space,” he said.
Who’s to blame?
Although there had been several mock elections and the PCOS machines were tested before they were dispatched, the problem was not discovered until Monday, Flores said.
He said that the ballots used in the mock elections and in the warehouse testing had different faces from the ballots that would be used on May 10.
Flores blamed the Comelec for the snafu, saying the poll body did not want to use real ballots to test the PCOS machines. The Comelec was authorized to print no more than 50.7 million ballots, the number of registered voters.
Commissioner Gregorio Larrazabal said Smartmatic-TIM had 20,000 flash cards on hand, which they had started to configure with the right instructions.
The company has also ordered more memory cards from local and overseas suppliers, he added.
Flores said the problem was “surmountable.” Correcting the instruction on the memory cards is “easy,” he said, adding that the challenge the company and the Comelec face is on the delivery of these cards to the precincts.
‘It will be done’
Although the schedule was “tight,” Flores said the company would be able to change the compact flash cards starting Wednesday night.
“It is a tight schedule but it can be done and it will be done,” he said.
As of Tuesday, the Comelec and Smartmatic-TIM had yet to finalize the delivery of the replacement cards.
Larrazabal said the Comelec was devising a procedure for the orderly recall of the flash cards to allow for an inventory. He said the Comelec would probably destroy the defective cards recalled.
Pending the replacement, the Comelec and Smartmatic canceled the testing and sealing of the PCOS machines.
Flores said the operation would resume on Thursday and Friday. Machines that will not pass the testing and sealing will not be used on May 10, he said.
New round of tests
Under the law, the testing and sealing operation of the PCOS machines is scheduled three to seven days before the elections.
“The machines from Tuesday will be tested again on Thursday. Some on May 7. All machines will be tested before Election Day,” Larrazabal said.
CAC chair Ray Roxas Chua said he did not expect defective memory cards to cause delays in the last-minute election preparations.
“We are not sugarcoating this. This is definitely a setback, but one that is not insurmountable,” said Chua, who is also information and communications technology secretary.
De Villa said she had received several calls and text messages from volunteers reporting problems with the PCOS machines in Pasay, Parañaque, Makati, Pasig and Las Piñas, and Batangas and Mindoro.
“Most of the complaints were PCOS failure, PCOS did not count, PCOS counted national (votes for national candidates) but could not read the local, all candidates for mayor except one,” De Villa said.
Problem can be fixed
She said that the Comelec had vowed to fix the problems. She expressed confidence in the automated polls and disagreed to proposals to hold a total manual count of election results. “It will just be confusing,” she said.
“And how can you validate a system with a process that is also corrupted? We wanted to automate because we were so unhappy with the manual system that has been corrupted, so why are we validating a new system with a corrupted system?” De Villa told reporters.
In the provinces, officials said unexpected problems arose during the testing and sealing of the vote-counting machines, prompting the suspension of their distribution. They said the Comelec office in Manila had sent instructions that technicians would be sent instead to fix the problems.
In San Jose, Occidental Mindoro, acting election officer Perlita Villanca told local radio dzVT that the testing and sealing of the PCOS machines had been deferred. PPCRV volunteers reported that in Magsaysay, Sta. Cruz and Sablayan towns, the machines did not count votes for a congressional candidate.
In San Fernando, the Comelec recalled PCOS machines in Central Luzon after 95 percent of some 700 units used in tests in Pampanga and Bataan failed to count votes for local candidates.
Officials said the distribution of machines in Cebu, Negros Occidental, Zamboanga del Sur, in Region IV, composed of Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Quezon, Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon and Palawan had been ordered suspended.
Comelec Director Juanito Icaro said the advice from the Comelec national office was only “to stay put” and technicians would be sent instead
I’m transferring here some of the comments of Tongue posted in another thread. Sorry I posted this story just now. I was so tired last night. We had Strictly Politics live from Ninoy Aquino stadium at the rally of the Liberal Party.
TonGuE-tWisTeD
Sa ngayon, hindi pa yan matatawag na failure of election, failure of automation pa lang siguro.
Hindi ako naniniwalang:
1. marerecall ang lahat ng 72,000 PCOS flash memory cards,
2. papalitan ang program na tailored para lang sa bawat isang distrito,
3. muling ibabalik sa bawat isang makina sa lahat ng sulok ng Pilipinas,
4. muling tetestingin at seselyuhan,
5. at ang lahat ng ito’y dapat matapos sa loob lang ng DALAWANG ARAW!
Imposible! Una ay sa tantiya ko ay mahigit 500 ang lokal na distrito sa buong bansa (250 congressional districts x min of 2 local council districts per congressional district)
Sa ngayon ba’y merong 500 dedicated programmers ang Smartmatic na gumagawa na ng pagtatama sa program bago pa man dumating ang 72,000 flash memory cards?
Kung sakaling matapos itong programs, gaano katagal ang pag-burn ng bagong programs sa memory cards? Ang aktuwal na paglipat ng data ay ilang segundo lang pero ang paghahanap ng natatanging card na para sa bawat makina ay maaring oras ang bilangin bawat isa.
Idagdag pa natin ang oras na gugugulin par mabawi yung mga cards na naidispatsa na sa mga probinsiya at munisipyo sa lahat ng sulok ng Pinas at muling ibi-biyahe pabalik ng Smartmatic.
Pagkatapos niyan ay idadaan pa iyan sa redundant checking para masigurong tama ang pagkakagawa ng program at pati na ang pagkaka-burn nito sa card.
Saka pa lang iyan ide-deliver sa courier ng Comelec, na siya namang magdidispatsa nito sa kanyang mga kinontratang freight forwarders. Ang magpapatagal nito ay ang additional cost na hindi naman kasama sa original na kontrata kaya kung meron pang sasablay sa mga kailangang papeles (gaya ng bagong purchase order o bagong service contract) pati na ang mga kakailanganing downpayment para sa forwarding ng recall at redistribution, maiipit ang mga cards sa bodega ng consolidator/forwarded ng Comelec, MALIBAN KUNG IAAWARD ITONG BAGONG KONTRATA NG COMELEC NANG WALANG PANIBAGONG BIDDING! Alam na natin ang nangyayari kung walang bidding.
Sakaling makarating na ang mga cards sa Comelec Regional offices, dadalhin naman nila ito sa Comelec Provincial office na siya namang nagdi-distribute sa mga Comelec Municipal/City officers na siya namang magdidistribute sa mga principal para dalhin sa mga presinto.
Hindi natin alam kung saan dito isisingit yung pagtetesting at pagseselyo.
Sa palagay ninyo matatapos iyan hanggang sa Linggo?
TonGuE-tWisTeD
Ako na rin ang sasagot. Dalawang sagot.
Una. Aabot dahil talaga namang kasama yan sa plano na mangamba ang mga tao pero matagal nang nakahanda ang mga pamalit na memory cards. Iniiwas lang talaga nila doon sa source code review. O kaya’y sinadya ito para pag gumana sa araw ng eleksiyon ay kampante na ang mga tao at DISIMULADO na ang pandarayang ginawa.
Pangalawa, talaga lang pumalpak ang Smartmatic at walang ibang paraan kundi ire-program lahat ng memory cards. Kung aabot o hindi, bahala na si Batman.
TonGuE-tWisTeD
Mas matindi ang timbre nung kaibigan kong magtitinapa na matagal nang hindi nagpapakita.
Yun daw flash memory ay dalawa ang programs na nakaload. Ang alternative program na may pandadaya ay iaactivate via wireless mode sa araw mismo ng elections. Pagkatapos mag-transmit nito ng data sa Comelec main, sa canvassing centers, at servers ng mga partido at watchdog orgs, automatic na mabubura ang madayang program at ang maiiwan lang ay ang malinis na program, kahit i-check ay walang makikitang kahina-hinala.
Paano naman nabuking?
Merong mga taga-Smartmatic/Comelec na hindi masikmura ang gagawing pandaraya kaya inactivate sa wireless mode ang cheat program. Kaya sa testing pa lang ay hindi na binabasa ang mga boto ng ibang kandidato ng mga makinang abot ng wireless signal. At dahil hindi pa naita-transmit sa mga canvassing centers, poltical party servers, main server, at servers ng watchdog orgs, HINDI PA NABUBURA YUNG CHEAT PROGRAM at dalawa pa ang program na naka-burn sa Memory Cards.
Kung tutuusin ay dapat doon na lang sa mga munisipyo pinuntahan iyan ng mga programmers ng Smartmatic at mas mabilis kung tao ang bibiyahe ng minsanan lang, hindi yung ire-recall na tapos ay muling ibibiyahe, lalo’t kapos na sa oras.
Bakit nga ba pilit na ipinababalik sa Manila LAHAT NG MEMORY CARDS?
Kasi nga ay mabubuking na DALAWA ANG PROGRAM NA NAKALOAD KASALUKUYAN SA MGA MAKINA kung doon mismo sa mga site bubuksan at makita ang laman ng cards.
Dalawang kilong Tinapang Salinyasi tuloy ang binili ko. Maganda kasi ang tip ni Mamang Tindero.
Statement of the Concerned Citizens Movement on the malfunctioning of the PCOS:
This has been a problematic contract to begin with – how can anyone be surprised that the machines are not performing correctly given the haste by which the contract was crafted, the speed by which the contract price was paid, and the haphazard way the AES is being implemented? The people behind this contract did not ‘moderate their greed.’
When we questioned this contract before the Supreme Court, we indicated that we were not against the automation of elections per se; we were against this particular contract because it was disadvantageous to the Philippines.
The malfunctioning of the machines would not be happening if Smartmatic and Total Information Management (TIM) complied with the mandatory testing of all PCOS machines as soon as they are delivered to the COMELEC and on time. Smartmatic-TIM and COMELEC used the delay in the delivery of the PCOS machine as justification to waive the mandatory testing and effectively short circuit the processes provided by the law.
Based on the ‘creatively’ crafted contract between Smartmatic-TIM and Comelec, the Philippine government is obliged to pay for the full price of the contract, whether the PCOS machines are used or not, and whether irregularities with the machines and the software are subsequently discovered.
Followed by this immediate reaction from Gloria’s lawyer!
Postpone elections, Arroyo lawyer urges
Step 1 of the manual on HOW TO ENFORCE FAILED ELECTION SCENARIO
So, Ellen, Gonzales’ declaration that cheating is already underway is true?
Now, I understand why Aquino went over the top about people power over looming threat of failed election — Tongue was right about why Aquino was calling for parallel manual count!
I don’t know if this is the cheating that Gonzales meant. But it’s really worrisome.
And much as I don’t want to be an instrument to cause panic, I must say that we have to double our vigilance.
The Concerned Citizens Movement, the group that questioned the legality of the automated elections before the Supreme Court (Harry Roque, Bettina Legarda, the late Josie Lichauco) is having a presscon at 10 am today.
Hilo na kami sa coverage.
Let me tell you something that I didn’t easily give significance yesterday.
I was on the run the whole day yesterday and I was just getting reports of the PCOS failure by texts.
Late afternoon, when I was rushing to the Ninoy Aquino Stadium (formerly Rizal stadium) on Vito Cruz for Strictly Politics’ live episode on LP, I met one of the campaign officers of Gilbert Teodoro. The person is one of the political lieutenants of Gloria Arroyo.
He was so relaxed.We met at Harrison Plaza. He said, “Basta kami ang mananalo.” He said something about the PCOS machines that I did not fully understand yet at that time.
Now, I will have to call him again.
Ayos na! E pipol power nga yan.
Let the game of CHEATING begin. Demanda, libel charges, recounts, recounts, and more recounts….there’s nothing new in noypi politics, oohhh and more killings.
“Merong mga taga-Smartmatic/Comelec na hindi masikmura ang gagawing pandaraya kaya inactivate sa wireless mode ang cheat program.”
We appreciate their moral sense.
Lokohan na talaga.
Early last year or perhaps even earlier, when the poll automation was being debated prior to its approval, we’re already blogging our apprehensions. It mattered then and it matters now that because it will be the first time we will be using automated counting machines under a still untested system, the potentials of a failure of elections are real.
Before the advent of the PCOS, we were only talking of the “computers maybe tampered with to cause intentional breakdown while the wirings may be short circuited or there might be a massive brownouts”. Now with the dry run that went pfffttt, may malaking problema talaga. Dahil ilang tulog na lang before elections, any candidate will now be saying, PAG TINALO, DINAYA! And we shudder with the thought of nobody accepting the election results except the frontrunners.
This is another form of Election Sabotage. Ang KOMOLEK ba at smartmatic ay immune sa ganitong kaso? Malinaw na katangahan at kapabayaan ito… dapat silang ibitin patiwarik! Anak ng “tooot”!
Ellen just read what Gloria’s lackey said to you in the previous thread about Teodoro winning.
This is indeed getting to be worrisome!
#9 Ellen
If Gibo wins because of this komolek-matic-matic game, Noynoy, Villar and Erap should unite and kick Gloria out. They’ve given everything for this election, ginamit na lahat-lahat, tapos si Gibo ang papanalunin/kokoronahan who even with Quiboloy’s endorsement will get only maximum of 20% (my guess). Gusto talaga ni Gloria Arroyo ang dugo ng pinoy para hindi sya makalaboso. Madugo ito kapag nagkataon, masyado ng agitated at mainit ang lahat dahil sa election.
Keep our eyes on Bangit.
on Bangit and one star army generals, including colonels and lt colonels. The sad thing is they will certainly use jr officers to their dirty laundering of votes and when that happens expect Class 97,98,99, 2000 and youner to be very very upset.
Nagyabang na ang gagong Angie Reyes — lambasted Comelec because his son’s name did not appear in the simulated vote count
Buti nga sa yo dumbhead. I hope James Layug beats the crap out of his son at the election proper. Angie Reyes should remember that we probably wouldn’t be in this situation if he had not cheated the Constitution!
What goes round comes around you shithead!
I believe Gen Bangit is sincere in his pledge that the AFP will do its duty to make the elections peaceful and credible.
The question is, will he have control over elements of the military that may allow themselves to be used by certain groups?
Ay talaga Anne , re# 19.
PCOS machines were rigged to cheat on orders of gma from the very beginning, that’s why Comelec was afraid to adopt the parallel manual count and did not put enough safeguards. bogus president gma and comelec were responsible for this act of treason to the nation, GMA SHOULD STEP DOWN IMMEDIATELY and let civil society composed of credible persons like Jovito Salonga, Christian Monsod, Bert Lim, SC CJ Reynato Puno, Senate Pres. Enrile, Bishop Villegas, Lito Banayo, Sister Mananzan, oversee the gov’t and comelec for an honest, orderly and peaceful election.
nations survival is at stake as against the survival of a bogus president , the battle between GOOD VS EVIL has now come to a head … GOD BLESS THE PHIL…….
#19, a buti may balanse.
if they have any conscience left ,comelec chairman melo and other commissioners must resign because of this treasonous act, it is now their choice if they want to go down in phil history honorably or dishonorably, their families and friends and filipinos will never forget their patriotic or treasonous act depending on their action …..
Confirmed na raw na ang INC is for Noynoy-Mar.
Well, another (balancing) factor for Gloria to consider if she’s thinking of election kababuyan (again).
Let us see how fast the volunteers of various camps (Noynoy, Erap, etc.) are, in responding to this “crisis”.
It is Wednesday morning in the Philippines as I write this. One can dash off a petition for certiorari citing grave abuse, in the Comelec’s decision not to require Smartmatic to reveal the source code. A preliminary injunction can be prayed for, not to stop the elections, but to submit the source code to the Supreme Court, for it to refer to experts of its choosing, to determine whether or not malicious code exists. The source code can be printed on paper (text lang naman yan), and there will be no need to recall the smart cards to be deployed for the elections. Code from a sampling of the smart cards can be copied to other storage media (USB sticks) to be submitted to court experts.
That stupid excuse about infringement of intellectual property won’t wash. There can be no infringement when it is a court which will view it. Besides, seeing the code is not infringement. There will only be infringement when knowledge is used for commercial purposes – using the code to introduce a competitive product. Court referral of the code to experts from the academe, or other non-competing experts cannot be infringement.
Besides, the source code only instructs the machines to read what is on the (paper) ballot. I’ve read somewhere (let me google that again) that this is actually GPL (general public license), because it originated from the Linux community.
Ngayon, kung hindi pumatol ang Supreme Court in two days (Thursday and Friday), then get an injunction from 80,000 RTCs on Monday, so that the cards will not be returned to Comelec in Manila without the contents of the smart cards being copied to other storage media, for audit by computer experts.
Mahirap gawin, but what is needed is only a few smart cards to prove the deed. People keep talking about people power. Nababaduyan na ako diyan. Yes, it can and should be done, but before taking to the streets, mag-people power muna technically – lawyers fighting in court, computer savvy people (students, teachers, hobby-hackers) auditing the code. Sabi nga ni Mao, surround the city from the countrysides.
Tama na yang kakasabing let us be vigilant. Pa-vigilant vigilant pa, it is time to act, and act concretely. Kung people power lang ang gustong gawin, that will come when the deed is done. That would have given the cabal the initiative. Any chess player will tell you initiative is half the battle. Or as Baby Dalupan used to say, the best defense is a good offense.
i agree with saxnviolins, his comment makes relevant tune to present urgent needs……..
Source Code Definition
by The Linux Information Project (LINFO)
My apologies for being out-of-place. I just would like to establish awareness.
Do consider
5. Dr. Martin Bautista
for the next elections obviously (a senatorial candidate of Liberal Party). He’s a 47-year-old gastroenterologist in the US who came home after 17 years. You can see from his background that he truly means service. For those who find him to be a hypocrite for working abroad, do understand he’s a family man who needs to sustain his family, that he will be able to keep his independence by not relying on public funds to support his family. He helps his countrymen in his capacity but it’s just not enough for there are millions of Filipinos. And as proof of his sincerity, he didn’t renounce his citizenship nor became a dual citizen even if he was long eligible. He’s able to work in the US by being a legalized alien instead. It’s a good start in Philippine Politics to have him around.
He used to be with the ‘Ang Kapatiran’ party but because of internal conflicts, he’s now with Liberal Party. But allow me to discuss this Ang Kapatiran party.
The BIG DIFFERENCE is the ‘Ang Kapatiran’ party is God-centered. There is no lesser-evil component. Its members will be disciplined by its own party should they stray from its code of ethics. They promised to restore what a true public servant means: to serve the public and not make it as a means of livelihood.
Below are the lists of Senatoriables of the Ang Kapatiran:
11 Rizalito David
21 Jo Imbong
43 Zosimo Paredes
45 Maria Gracia Rinoza-Plazo
52 Adrian Sison
55 Reginald Tamayo
56 Hector Tarrazona
59 Manuel Valdehuesa
You will be able to gauge Dr. Martin Bautista’s intelligence by reading the articles he posts in his website here:
http://mbautistamd.blogspot.com/
I urge you to INFORM BY E-MAIL/TEXT/INFORM all your contacts about them. I believe they only lack exposure that’s why I’m doing this. But I can’t do it alone so I’m appealing to everyone’s help. If all will inform their contacts about them and urge them as well to forward, we might hit millions.
We cannot afford to be indifferent now if we want meaningful change. Otherwise we only have ourselves to blame. BUT TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
EVIL TRIUMPHS WHEN GOOD MEN DO NOTHING …….
ITS TIME TO BE PROACTIVE INSTEAD OF BEING REACTIVE ……
Of course the master puppeteer in all this COMELEC mess is GMA. Who else will benefit if there’s a failure of elections or even just a postponement?
Gibo will win? Are they crazy? If Gibo has even an ounce of decency left that still hasn’t been sucked out by GMA, he should not allow this to happen!
Here we go again! History in the making, too bad I will not be in the country after election day due to an urgent meeting – its not only the Philippines thats having so much excitement, Thailand is another hotspot, and Europe is also reeling from economic tsunamis…
I really don’t care much what happens next, what will happen will happen…we cannot be given access to the election technology, for security reasons (?) and the people have been directly/indirectly neutered (no balls) that its impossible to have another people power…just harmless noise…its a pity how some people don’t appreciate important things – like finally getting the balls to face up to injustice and literally kick its behind…we say we don’t want it, its gone…I pity the heroes who thought the Philippines was worth dying for, as they will find out the hard way…they fight alone…
…what will happen, will happen…we’ll have to deal with it…only one thing I pray for now – that my friends being imprisoned unjustly be released…
some people are beginning to compare this to bush v gore 2000.
but to my eye, it’s becoming more like Iran 2009 elections.
Have a little faith my friends. . . the good guys will not let us down. . . .they know what to do. . . 🙂
Precisely the point henry. We have little faith. Where were the good guys in 2001? They propped up the Glue. They let the 2004 cheating happen. They let down Trillanes. They let down Danny Lim.
Boy who cried wolf na.
What does Gloria’s beloved Cardinal say now? Still “crazy, crazy, crazy”..?
That won’t happen again. . .There will be hell to pay. . .no used in crying over spilled milk. . . we never knew how evil she was then. . .this time, they won’t get away with their evil plans anymore. . .
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Thanks for the legal angle, us usual, sax.
But I maintain it is physically impossible to obtain the source CODES (note: plural) as the cards are Precinct Specific.
For example, the whole province of Maguindanao may have perfectly working cards/codes except for, let’s say, the town of Ampatuan where the cheat program have been loaded. The submission of the MOTHER source code does not prove the whole system is innocent or immaculately clean, does it?
A random sampling or the extreme – 100% individual testing and audit – seems to be the only way to go.
I have explained it here in a recent thread that LP is fishing for proofs, and either by sheer luck OR by the workings of a few good men, some insiders may have delivered the evidence on a silver platter.
Even foreigners have some interesting observations. Having a new president that is not beholden/friendly to Gloria’s administration will be the end of her, so many cases will be opened, she will have no more immunity and no power to defend herself…so what are her options?
Split the opposition, a non majority vote is easier to manipulate. If Villar wins, she wins, if Gibo wins, she wins, even if Erap wins being a convicted plunderer and former president – all skeletons will be exposed, all the aces Arroyo’s henchmen are holding will be played, not to mention disqualification later on…
Several tests have been made earlier, some sort of desentisation, chacha attempts, among ed recalled, ampatuan misadventure with the SC, etc…did the people make any noise, yes, but just that…after innoculating the people, desentisizing them to the point of apathy and heckling, maneuvering the elections (automated) to put us in an indefensible position, its time for the killing blow…we will be too busy fighting each other to notice it until its too late…
Noynoy will be left standing alone in EDSA shouting people power…if the Erap supporters do get together and mount their own version, the spectre of a violent, uncontrollable, destructive, seething mob – will scare the middle class and upper class (even some of the masa) to accept emergency rule…and the international community will just nod its head in agreement…
So whats the end game?
It’s all connected.
The choice of the weak, malleable Melo as Comelec Chairman.
The choice of Smartmatic.
The visit of Norberto to the CBCP.
The announcement of Norberto that cheating has actually begun.
The visit and start of communication lines between Norberto and the Comelec.
The massive failure of the machines.
The call for postponement of elections by Gloria’s Macalintal.
The nation is reaching its boiling point. The question is “Is this what Gloria wants to happen?”
Precisely the point henry. We have little faith. Where were the good guys in 2001? They propped up the Glue. They let the 2004 cheating happen. They let down Trillanes. They let down Danny Lim.
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My sentiments exactly…but miracles do happen, perhaps if we pray hard enough? maybe we’re not praying at all and these are just warnings or reminders?
Okay. I forgot that they are individualized per precinct for the local officials. So get the injunction from the RTC then. Hindi naman marahil 80,000 RTCs as I first posted, dahil precincts may come under one RTC.
The prayer for injunction could pray that after the elections, a post election sample run could be made, under the auspices of the RTC, like the mock elections, with twenty ballots or so, to determine how the cards will read the test ballots. That would serve as the audit per machine.
Or, the test could be done by the court early in the morning, prior to voting.
Since, like you said, they are precinct specific, the challenges at the RTC could even be district specific i.e magdemanda lang in the suspicious spots. How about Maguindanao? Where the judges would be Ampatuan friendly? Yan ang idemanda sa Supreme Court.
Dasal na naman jug?
For a military man and now a businessman, you are too prayerful. I’m sure that’s not how you succeeded in business.
Televangelist lang ang yumayaman sa dasal.
kung talagang maraming problema ang mga flashcards/pcos machines better to just delay ang election…para sa akin credibility ng results is more important than speed..and this can be done with many to includes representatives of each candidates to watch comelec fix the problem..syempre di naman pwede forever ang pag-aayos just enough time to still meet the requirements of the law..Enough time just to provide breathing room to be able to fix the problem properly.
The evil group knows someone else will more likely win the presidency. Di nila gusto ito. People wants change! Their only option is to tarnish our election for later use!
Yung demanda between SCO (Unix) and Novell over rights to Unix and alleged copying by the Linux community, the SCO group did submit their source code under seal to the court. So there is precedent, with regard to alleged proprietary code being viewed by the court. Of course, the judge has no computer programming expertise, so experts were required. In the end, SCO lost, since Novell owned Unix, and Novell said that there is no Unix code in Linux.
Delay the election to allow for more time? Melo has pronounced not too log ago, they are 100% ready. Comm Larrazabal claimed to have fixed the problem. Dir. James Jimenez has just pronounced they have spare Flash Cards, where they got this from that quickly though remains to be a mystery.
Reprogrammed or New Flash Cards : How can we be assured that this are “clean” and Not Pre-Populated? Checks must be conducted.
IMO, they have Two sets of Flash Cards. One is “Clean” and the Other is Pre-Populated with their choice of winners.
They made an incredible mistake in sending the Pre Populated Flash Cards for testing, voila! Votes for Noyu and Manny are counted as votes for Gibo. No wonder, Gibo staff mentioned to Ellen that they are sure to win.
These problems were presented to COMELEC and PPCRV last year, obviously, they were not problems then, but Jun Lozada informed them of the possible problems that they may face. Recommendations were provided and given to Chairman Melo. He (Melo) in turn mentioned to Jun that they would look into this, and would send him details of their action/s taken. Jun never got anything from COMELEC.
Now that the credibility of the Automated Election is at stake. They could salvage their image if they really intend to hold Fair, Clean, Honest and Transparent Elections, simply by conducting Parallel Manual Counting.
FlashCards are being reprogrammed accdg to Comm. Larrazabal and Dir. Jimenez, the COMELEC actually. But accdg to James Jimenez, they already have the spare. We are talking about at least 72,000 Flash Cards.
Now I know why COMELEC refuses to have the Flash Cards, Source Codes checked. And also why COMELEC disabled the other safety features, UV, Vote Receipt, Digital Signature, among others.
Geez. Enough already. Do the Parallel Manual Counting, to at least alleviate our concern and skepticism.
Anak ng jueteng! Bakit ngayon lang sila mag-test/dry run? Malapit na ang eleksion. Hindi tested ang kanilang produkto-PCOS machine sa isang malawakang eleksion. Sa precint level lang nagka-leche-leche na. Kaya totoo ang sabi ang mga magagaling sa Comelec: walang failure of election, failure of PCOS machine lang. Baka iyang flash cards sa distrito ni Gloria Arroyo sa Pampanga ay niyari na.
Hey, Tongue, I posted part of comment #4 over at FV, if you don’t mind. Thanks.
Tedanz – May 5, 2010 7:06 am
RE: Lokohan na talaga?
See…Igan Tedanz, ano ang ibig sabihin nito…5 days to go, HALALAN na or isang bangungot sa ating lahat yaong gusto nilang ibenta na instead magkaroon ng failure of eleksyon e mauwi sa failure of UTO-UTOMATION?
Paano yan…giyera-patani na naman, yan ang gusto ng mga civil socialites na nasa kandungan ni Gloria na mangyari, but ofcourse di naman papayag ang mga kickedout civil socialites na nagkalat sa NoyhepaB and C5 con Taga.
IBP under simeon marcelo and concerned lawyers could sue comelec for conspiring with smatmatic to program PCOS machines to cheat. Present gov’t and Comelec were to be charged with treason and betrayal of public trust.The evil plot to cheat is now wide open.
Responsible media could raise people’s awareness of the evil plot and its destructive intention agaisnt the people
Spiritual leaders could organize prayer vigils
Business, labor and civil society could form a united stand to sound the call for an honest election thru a parallel manual count
professional and responsible soldiers and policemen could join ranks and support the filipino people against the cheating gma regime
a corrupt regime can not continue to rule if the people will not allow it
the good guys must now put an end to the evil ones
RE: Anak ng jueteng! Bakit ngayon lang sila mag-test/dry run? Malapit na ang eleksion.
Hay naku…Igan DKG, WETENG ni Chavit talaga…gaguhan na talaga, bilyones ang gastos sa halalang ito e ROW 4 pala ang utak ng mga akala mo ke gagaling na taga-Comelekta?
Almost 10-years ang nagdaan e BAKIT ngayon lang sila himihirit na 5 days na lang e eleksyon na.
Paano yan…manunuod na lamang tayo ng kanilang sarsuwela, dapat bigyan ng leksyon ang mga tuta ni Gloria ng matauhan…puro sila pahirap sa bayan!
btw , the silence of gma and cardinal rosales about this grand betrayal of public trust and constitution were so revolting !
balweg – May 5, 2010 1:25 pm
Paano yan…manunuod na lamang tayo ng kanilang sarsuwela, dapat bigyan ng leksyon ang mga tuta ni Gloria ng matauhan…puro sila pahirap sa bayan!
sychitpin – May 5, 2010 1:25 pm
tw , the silence of gma and cardinal rosales about this grand betrayal of public trust and constitution were so revolting !
Indeed. Kailan kaya magkakaroon ang mga taong bayan ng tunay na katipunan?
good and wise soldiers and policemen must not allow themselves to be used and put into harms way by a bogus president for her illegal selfish interest and self preservation ……..
So are we heading towards No-El or No-Proc, Emergency Rule or Martial Rule?
Methinks all of the above are possible…
SNV re #27, I just came from a noontime press conference by the Concerned Citizens Movement. Harry Roque’s CenterLaw Phils was set to file a case before the Supreme Court supposedly at 3 pm.
I had to leave to write my Abante column.
‘It will be done’
Will be done?
Ang alin?
‘Yung bagong pauusuhing election cheating? Dati mano mano counting with matching subtract here and add there, ngayon naman ‘yung matagal nang programmed result kung saan landslide na’y parang flashfloods pa ang lamang ng mga kakampi ng mga maligno?
Tangnanila!
Palagay ko pantapal na naman nila sa kapalpakan ito:
Agra reverses ruling on Maguindanao massacre
http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=572573&publicationSubCategoryId=200
Tangna! ‘Yung gamot ko! Aatakihin na naman ako ng pagtaas ng high blood!
Tubeeeggg!!
Halatang-halata na hindi seryoso ang tiwali at illegal na gobyerno ni glorya ganid at comelec-smartmatic na magdaos ng patas at makatotohanang eleksyon! Hindi dapat ipagwalang-bahala ito! Dapat talaga LAHAT ng taong may dignidad, konsiyensa at PAGMAMALASAKIT sa SA ATING BAYAN ay makilahok at mag-ingay sa pag-kontra sa namimintong dayaan! Nakataya dito ang KINABUKASAN NG ATING BAYAN!
Panawagan sa mga sundalo at pulis: Huwag maging uto-uto, walang dangal, mangmang, duwag, takot, pipi, bingi at bulag sa inyong tungkulin BILANG TAGAPAGTANGGOL ng Kontitusyon at Bayan lamang hindi ng huwad at ganid na gobyerno ni glorya. Huwag sumunod sa illegal orders! Tandaan ninyo: hindi kailanman naging legal at mabuting pangulo si arroyo! At hindi galing kay arroyo ang inyong sahod kundi sa bayang naghihirap! Kaya sila ang inyong protektahan! Lalo na ang kanilang boto!
Panawagan din sa mga media, partikular sa Main TV Broadcaster Orgs: Igsian o paliitin kundi man hintuan muna ang mga walang kakwenta-kwentang entertainment programs! Nasa napakadelikadong panahon tayo ng eleksyon! Huwag munang isama ang entertainment sa national news! Maawa kayo sa mga tao. Sa mga mangmang at mga mahihirap! Imbes na may kabuluhang impormasyon ang i-feed ninyo sa kanila ay puro tsismis artista at kalaswaan! Kaya hayan madali tuloy silang maloko, maniwala, magamit ng mga ganid at mapagsamantalang mga pulitiko! Dapat kayong magkaroon ng morality! Huwag kayong ganid sa pera maski man lang sa panahong ito ng eleksiyon na may napipintong dayaan! Maging patas din sana kayo sa pagbabalita sa mga kandidato! Halatang-halata na may pinapanigan kayong mga kandidato. Partikular kay Villar at Aquino. Parang sila lang ang kandidato sa pagkapangulo. Ang haba ng total showing-time ninyo sa kanila kada oras ng pagbabalita. Kadalasan live pa. Inaabot ng 2 minuto samantalang sa ibang kandidato seconds. Kaya hayaan hindi alam ng maraming tao na may iba pang MAS MAPAGKAKATIWALAANG kandidato. Maging patas sana kayo!
Di kaya sinadya ng mga “concerned” people from Smartmatic or Comelec ang kapalpakan? Para mapalitan ang mga “rigged” na compact flash card ng bago na di dinoktor??? *wink, wink*
In a movie I saw, yung turkey, while being served,nalaglag. The maitre d told the wait staff, go and replace it. Of course, so loob ng kitchen, nilagay lang sa bagong tray ang nalaglag na turkey, at inayos ang mga garnish.
Hindi kaya ganyan din ang gawin? How do we know the “replaced” cards are not the same ones?
About intellectual property posted above, naalala ko, he who commissions a work of intellectual property owns it. So the argument that viewing the source code is an infringement of the IP of Smartmatic is rendered more tenuous, because the work was commissioned by the Philippine government. Unless the Comelec bargained it away.
Sana isama ni Harry Roque sa proposed remedies, or prayer niya, yung mungkahi ng grupo ni Wigberto Tanada, which was the basis of a Malaya editorial. Simple lang ang solution na yon, less intrusive, and provides faster checking.
Before the total are run by machine, physically count the ballots – just the ballots (pieces of paper), not the votes in the ballots. Then run the total by machine. If the total of the presidentiables – Aquino + Estrada + Gordon + Teodoro + Villar + others + spoiled ballots is equal to the total ballot count (physical paper), then the total can be transmitted to Manila. If there is a discrepancy, that means there was dagdag (adding votes to somebody), or bawas (subtracting from somebody). That is the only time that a manual count would be triggered.
Elegant di ba? As Einstein used to say, a solution must not only be correct, but must be elegant i.e. superior in its simplicity and efficacy.
Dagdag ko lang yung post ko sa itaas. Mag-test run ng ten ballots, an hour before the precinct is opened, with parties present. Kung pumalpak, discard the machine, mag-manual. Yung kay Tanada, post elections check. The machine may be functional at the test, but prove to have malicious code when the totals are run.
Kung umayaw ang Supreme Court sa demanda ni Harry Roque, people can do it per precinct at the RTC. There will be no contempt of court for forum-shopping because the other parties are not co-parties of Harry Roque at the Supreme Court. Sa dinami-dami ng RTC judge, I’m sure may makukuhang may balls, at matigas ang TT (technological taste).
RE: Indeed. Kailan kaya magkakaroon ang mga taong bayan ng tunay na katipunan?
Di ako mapalagay Igan Olan, napapanahun na upang tayo naman ang dumiskarte…dapat magka-isa tayong lahat na mamamayang Pinoy upang supilin ang mga naghaharing-uri sa ating lipunan.
Puro sila pahirap at walang ginanawang matino kundi sakit ng ulo at pahirap sa bayan.
Ang sagot diyan eh…ang isang Sandatahang Lakas ng Masang Pilipino upang tuldukan na ang mga suwail at sinungalin sa ating bayan.
ISA PARA SA LAHAT, LAHAT PARA SA ISA!
a project this size must have a penalty clause, to penalize system provider like Smartmatic for malfunctions like this .
balweg: ISA SA LAHAT, LAHAT PARA SA ISA! i agree , kailangan na natin ng People’s Liberation Army to join forces with the Yellow Army !
Evil people don’t listen to reason and only responds to force.
“Sa dinami-dami ng RTC judge, I’m sure may makukuhang may balls, at matigas ang TT (technological taste).”
Hehehe!
I like the solution of WT you presented, atty sax, mas may kadalian gawin.
Arroyo’s lawyer resignes apparently over differences in over automation polls
I think Macalintal was sacrificed to avoid further “damage” to Gloria.
Indeed, saxnviolins – May 5, 2010 8:07 pm recommendations make absolute sense. Very doable just like what chi says.
Use of basic arithmetic lang ang kailangan.
kailangan diyan blood sacrifice. maglitson ng isang arroyo bago mag eleksyon at ng hindi na makapag isip manggulo.
Who really owns Smartmatic? Kapag nagkaroon ng aberya, saan sila hahabulin? Si Loida Nicolas Lewis isang Filipino, New York-based industrialist, philanthropist, and lawyer ay nag-submit ng open letter sa kongreso ng America para imbestigahan ang Smartmatic at Global Operations nito:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/30928536/OPEN-LETTER-From-Loida-Nicolas-Lewis-New-York-New-York
Who Really Owns SMARTMATIC?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrQ5E7CMR1g
Well, at least si Romy Macalintal ay may natira pang delicadeza. The other Romy, the Neri…may utang pa ang delicadeza sa kanya!
Romy Macalintal, you are good while you last. Gloria is done with you!
Postponement? Nek-nek nila! Mga bwisit, sinabi nang dapat may parallel count para ma-verify ang accuracy ng mga machines na iyan, ayon taas ihi pa rin–bakit, may niluluto na naman na malasado ang mga hinayupak?
Mag a la Thailand na lang kaya. Sobra na, palitan na, talsik na.
BWISIT!
An aside: May nakarining na ba na nag-e-empake na ang mag-asawang demons sa Malacanang?
Here’s the prayer of CCM’s petition. I don’t agree with it but it’s their petition.
35) Thus, Petitioners respectfully ask the Honorable Court to immediately enjoin Pubic Respondent COMELEC, and Private Respondent Smartmatic-TIM from further implementing the 2010 Elections Automation Project, pending the resolution of this petition, through the issuance of a preliminary prohibitory injunction and/or a temporary restraining order. Petitioners also pray for the exemption from the posting of a bond in view of the transcendent nature of the instant petition.
36) Petitioners also pray for the issuance of a writ of preliminary mandatory injunction ordering the Commission on Elections to instead conduct a manual voting, counting and canvassing of the May 10, 2010 elections, given the grave uncertainties in the conduct of the full automated elections being implemented by the COMELEC and SMARTMATIC-TIM. The preservation of Philippine democracy is at stake in this exercise. To continue with a system whose very credibility has been put in doubt by the actions of both the COMELEC and SMARTMATIC-TIM is to bring our democratic system to the brink of dissolution.
Click here for the full petition:CCM SC petition may 5
I want the automation to push through. But I want it to be credible and reflective of the people’s will.
That is what we should all work together to achieve.
I hope the group of Wigberto Tanada files a motion for intervention. Mas workable yung kanilang suggested solution. I hope isama rin nila yung aking munting mungkahi, para bago pa lang magbotohan, the people will know if the machine is primed for vote counting or vote manufacturing.
hKofw,
Thanks for the link.
Although the body of Loida’s letter makes absolute sense, I have two reservations:
(1) In it she is asking Congress to investigate Smartmatic and its worldwide operations specifically citing Pinas for an alleged anomalous contract entered into between Comelec and Smartmatic — my question is what tangible use would a US investigation be to Pinas particularly at this point in time? There is a moral question, i.e., ethics, to consider hugely. Besides, the US themselves may not want to be seen poking their nose into what is clearly Philippine business.
(2) Too late: Even if for the sake of argument, US Congress feels that the situation warrants their investigative intervention or even if we accept that RP should decide to subscribe to the idea that a US intervention is required (which I believe will always be a big question mark — question of “sovereign decision issue, etc”, the letter was written on 27 April or less than 2 weeks before election time in RP which will not give the US Congress neither the time to maneuver nor to suggest another plan of action to RP.
That said, it is a credit to Loida to put this complaint on the table for future reference. Unfortunately, I don’t see how it will be of advantage to RP at this point.
Statement of LP standard bearer Benigno Aquino III on calls to postpone elections:
“Elections must push through on Monday, May 10, as mandated by law. Our people want a new leadership.
“The risk of elections not pushing through at all becomes much greater with a postponement. It is our sacred obligation to say “NO” to these proposals to postpone elections to a later date. Each postponement increases the possibility of yet another postponement, bringing us closer to a potentially disastrous crisis of a leadership vacuum on June 30.
“COMELEC has constantly assured us that they are ready for full automation; however, their efforts have so far only yielded disastrous results. This belies all their claims of being prepared. They have not come through with their promises to our people.
“Failure of this magnitude would have led to honorable resignations in other cultures. Were steps taken to prevent these problems, or were such steps purposely not undertaken to lead us into the dire situation we find ourselves in today?
“Again, we ask them: what is their continuity plan in case the 76,000 replacement memory cards still do not work? What vetting process will these replacement cards go through? If the original cards, which went through many months of examination, were still proven to be defective, how can we be assured that these replacements, which will only go through a few days of vetting, if any, will be any better? We fear there are no guarantees of improved results despite these replacements. While COMELEC says this is their way of addressing the situation, we fear that the situation may make a turn for the worse, rather than the better.
“Therefore, we demand that COMELEC begin preparations for a full manual count and present their contingency plan to the public as soon as possible. Under the law, this is allowed. We know that they have made initial preparations for a manual count. Thus, there should be no obstacle to prevent elections from taking place this Monday.
“What is important is the integrity of the process and its final outcome. If full manual counting is the practical solution then let us do it, no matter how long it takes to finish.
“Let us set aside partisan politics and work together to find ways to resolve this issue. This is COMELEC’s last chance to regain its lost integrity. We are willing to do what we can to ensure the sanctity of our elections and our democracy.”
Statement by the Financial Executives Institute of the Philippines (FINEX), Makati Business Club (MBC), Management Association of the Philippines (MAP), and the Philippine Bar Asociation:
We, the Financial Executives Institute of the Philippines, Makati Business Club, Management Association of the Philippines, and Philippine Bar Association, are vehemently against any proposal to postpone elections scheduled on May 10, 2010. While proponents of postponement may argue that more time is needed to correct minor errors, we do not know what other glitches, misconfigurations, and other oversights may be discovered during the extension period requiring even more time after the first extension period. Most importantly, postponement creates new opportunities for mischief. The Filipino people will not tolerate the uncertainty that postponement creates.
After the alarming failure of the PCOS machines in the test runs conducted in major cities, which compelled the Comelec and the Smartmatic to replace the compact flash cards in all PCOS machines nationwide, the Comelec must now acknowledge that there is a major failure that jeopardizes the credibility of our elections.
Since it cannot be ascertained what other problems were not anticipated, the Comelec must now immediately take the necessary preparatory steps to conduct a 100% manual count nationwide.
Postponing the elections is an indictment on the credibility of the Comelec to manage an election. If the Comelec decides quickly and decisively, there is still time to prepare for the manual count without postponing the May 10 elections.
Excerpts from the statement of former President Joseph Estrada on the failure of PCOS machines:
The use of poll automation should erase doubts as to the credibility of elections, on the premiss that human error is greater than that of machines. However, with the massive malfunction of the machines in the past two days, reflecting an absolute disaster with practically 100% of machines failing to read the correct votes, poll automation has become a threat rather than a boost for our democracy.
Aside from the reports we have learned of through the media, the Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino has also received personal reports from our candidates nationwide of the massive malfunction of PCOS machines in their areas. It is alarming to note that even leading contenders in the local elections from our party received ZERO votes in the conducted dry-run of the machines. These candidates include Pasay mayoral candidate Connie Dy, Manila mayoral candidate Lito Atienza and Makati mayoral candidate Junjun Binay – some of our strongest bets in the local race.
We have heard through media the explanation given by Comelec for the glitches, i.e., that the compact flash cards failed to be read properly by the machines. We have also heard their solution: to recall the defective cards and replace them with reconfigured cards within three days. We have also heard the call of the Comelec to the public not to panic and their reassurances that no more glitches will occur because they in turn have been reassured by Smartmatic-TIM.
But we are not convinced.
First of all, it is inexcusably irresponsible for COMELEC to put the fate of our country, the credibility of the upcoming elections, in the hands of a foreign corporation that has proven its inefficiency. We have heard reassurances from Smartmatic-TIM in the past, and yet we experienced this massive malfunction nationwide these past two days. It is reckless to continue to trust this foreign company after this disaster and let our entire electoral process, our very democracy, rely solely on its word.
Secondly, we are calling on the COMELEC to realize the urgency of the issue and not wait until May 7 or three days before election day to decide on whether to go for manual counting or not. WIth less than one week to go, the certainty of clean elections must already be in place and not left to chance. What if the machines continue to fail on May 7? The failure experienced nationwide today should be enough reason to declare the need to effectuate a back up plan.
As it has become clear that neither Smartmatic nor the Comelec are ready to conduct the upcoming elections in an automated manner, I am calling on the Comelec, as a former president, as a presidential contender and as a registered voter, to immediately order the return to a manual counting of votes.
In this particular case, where the risks of not detecting machine failures, of discrepancies and of fraud are high, a little delay is better than the death of our democracy.
I am the last person who would want the incumbent president to stay one more minute longer than what her term dictates. That is why we would recommend that the Comelec act fast and immediately put into effect the manual count system, in order that reliable elections may be conducted before the end of this administration’s term.
1. REgarding the prayer of CCM’s petition, it came a little too late. With the composition of the present supreme court and if GMA really intends to mess up the process, the supreme court will not act on the petition within the next two working days.
2. What can we expect from this comelec whose members are mostly appointed by GMA. They are inutile. They should have formulated a back up plan in the event automation will not fully work such as parallel manual counting.
3. Many are against manual counting which is understandable because of the poll automation. With the problems we are and will be facing with the automation process, those against manual counting should now reconsider.
heheheh! Maliwanag pa sa sikat ng araw !…may kumita (kick-back/komisyon) lang dito sa mga PCOS machine…
Failure of election is the last hope and remaining option of the lucky bitch to remain in power unless there’s a mechanism that will be set-in to prevent her from assuming control of the government. At this moment in time one would be tempted and ready to believe that the nationwide election automation was really indeed a Gloria-Comelec conspiracy designed to fail or to be used as a cheating machine for her candidate.
Experience wise, Comelec has nothing except to rely and depend on a foreign company who offered their services with profit as the main and only consideration. Maybe a million reasons made them do it.
The automation was financed by Comelec, and so Comelec and Smartmatic made a pile of money out of Juan’s money. Ginisa nila ang Pilipino sa kanilang sariling mantika.
And one wonders if the automation turns out to be a total failure, any recovery option of the cost and expenses, or just charge it to Juan?
Someone should take a look at the accusations of Loida Lewis. According to her, Smartmatic is not connected with Smartmatic of Venenzuela and that the Smartmatic in the Philippines was incorporated by FG Arroyo. If that is the case then this is going to be a one sided election.
Why the accusations only now? Ngayon lang ba yan pinalabas? Even if true, accusations become irrelevant at this point in time, nagkakagulo na.
I just found out right now. You knew about this?
anong nagkakagulo? EDSA IV na?
tragic end to gma’s evil regime is fast approaching …….
#95. Jake, I don’t, no idea at all..wala akong nabasa kahit ano tungko dyan. Baka matagal na but it didn’t catch fire.
Mabuhay si Harry Roque !
Cesar Flores of smartmatic looks more like a swindler than a businessman
GOOD WILL TRIUMPH OVER EVIL !
Sana maisip naman ng mga taga comelec na nakaya ng maraming Pinoy ang magtiis ng 6 taon pero hindi papayag ang mga Pinoy na gunggungin pa sila sa May 10.
Sa gitna ng mga problema sa computerization ngayong linggo, nakapag decision pa sila en banc na panalo si Pineda sa Pampanga.
Si Flores at yung tisoy na commissioner ng comelec magkamukha at sweet sila together sa interview
in a decent and normal gov’t, Comelec should have apologized profusely to the people and offer their resignations….
now the parallel manual count looks more relevant and necessary ……
the sight of cardinal rosales and comelec praying makes one puke, a dog is more credible than them…..
smartmatic must be penalized for rigging the programs
the continued silence of gma and cradinal rosales was crazy, crazy, crazy ……
no wonder many catholics were transferring to INC and other Christian faith……
i might consider being a moslem.
Just a pointer: Protestants and Roman Catholics, if they pray the Credo, which the Protestant Anglicans do, are all considered catholics.
yes maybe i should say specify roman catholics
All organized religions (Catholicism, Protestantism, Islam, Hinduism, etc.) have undesirable elements within them. It’s just up to us to discern the desirable from the undesirable.
i agree, as long as its leader is credible enough, but when a leader like cardinal rosales goes crazy crazy crazy, then that’s not acceptable ……
if cardinal rosales has delicadeza, he should at least stay neutral and not behave like one of the lapdogs of a corrupt and evil regime
why was no one in media calling for smartmatic to be penalized for this huge negligence and blunder ………..
What about the bishops who openly campaigned for GMA at a concelebrated mass during her birthday in Pampanga? That really made me puke!
And remember, these men (Rosales included) are supposedly men of GOD!
The devil (if you believe in that) must be having such a fun time….
as the saying goes, there are snakes in every forest……
computers are supposed to give 100% accurate result, what we encode is what we get, any discrepancies are the fault of the encoder or programmer and not the machine.
wrong results proved suspicions of many sectors that the PCOS Machines were rigged for cheating
this 7.4 billion rental cost for smartmatic automated garci is another monumental shame and scandal of gma
There is not any iota of success in about anything in gloria’s realm of the absurd. Everything she touches turns to crap. Smartmatic is just one of her last hurrah in her final days towards her quest of the outer limits. If indeed her pig of a husband is the alleged real owner/brains of smartmatic, then this would be another monumental faliure for the people under the countless failures of the arroyos. But money-wise, they still win. They capitalize on their perceived failures to cash on the spoils.
one thing for sure, gma and her family can not take a single cent with them when the angel of death calls their name ………
its highly irregular and anomalous for the machine to malfunction at this point of the election, the truth is the machine was rigged for cheating , that’s why Comelec was afraid of parallel manual count, and continue to disobey law regarding source code
again, smartmatic should be heavily penalized for the malfunction and pay damages for further eroding people’s confidence in automated election, secondly, Comelec should have allowed a parallel manual count to lessen suspicions that they were in cahoots with gma and smartmatic to cheat
gma corrupted some leaders in Comelec, SC, AFP,PNP and Ombudsman, but she lost the trust of the people and most people in Comelec, SC, AFP, PNP and Ombudsman, GAME OVER FOR GMA!
Cesar Flores and his group must immediately be placed under a hold departure order, and penalized for their gross negligence and supplying of substandard machines to the Phil.