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P for Patience,not People Power

In the presentation of Mahar Mangahas of Social Weather Station of public opinion on the May 10 election, there were items that are very relevant in the wake of calls for People Power by some sectors which has become louder with the malfunctioning of the Precinct Count Optical Scan or PCOS, the thing that holds the future of Philippine democracy.

One item showed the high expectations of the people for Monday’s elections. SWS asked their opinion last February on the “Expected accuracy of the vote-counting machine at one’s precinct in the 2010 elections compared to the past elections.”

Twenty-five percent said “definitely more accurate” and 57 percent said “probably more accurate.” That’s a very high of 82 percent of Filipinos putting their trust on the still untested election automation. Only three percent were non-believers and 14 percent said “probably not more accurate.”


This is supported by 58 percent who said that Comelec can be trusted to make sure that there is no sabotage of the counting machines, up from 44 percent last September. Only 12 per cent disagreed down from the 28 percent last September.

But there were still 28 percent who were undecided, a little more than those who couldn’t make up their mind last September (26 percent).
It’s remarkable how Comelec has been able to regain the public’s trust after the ignominious 2004 elections that gave us six more years of Gloria Arroyo.

But a big number of the respondents (46 percent) also believe that “the machines that will be used to count the votes can easily be sabotaged in order to fake the election results” while 25 percent disagree. Almost of third of the respondents (27 percent) were undecided.

This one is most interesting. SWS asked, if the 2010 elections fail for any reason e.g., malfunctioning of counting machines, then people power will probably happen. A substantial forty-eight percent agreed, just a point less from 49 percent last September. Twenty-one percent disagreed, also one point less than eight months ago.

Almost one third (29 per cent) were undecided, up from the 26 per cent last September.

The frontrunner in the presidential race, Liberal Party’s Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III , has warned of People Power people believe that the results do not reflect their will.

Manila Archbishop Gaudencio Rosales called calls for another People Power, the same force that toppled the Marcos regime and catapulted to power Aquino’s mother, Corazon Aquino in 1986, “irresponsible and crazy.”

More irresponsible and crazy are the ideas of some people that if no winner is declared a few days after may 10 (Comelec said the winner should be known in 48 hours), they would install Aquino based on surveys which they said is scientific.

Even Mangahas is not sold with that idea. He said all these years, elections confirm survey findings and not the other way around. “You can’t say that a sample is better than a full population count.”

Former Comelec Chair Christian Monson, who was the other speaker in last Monday’s election summit organized by the Ateneo School of Government, asked people to be patient.

He said, “It is ironic that the new system which is predicated on speed asks us to be patient with delays, disenfranchisement and new questionable rules. We must be vigilant especially on whether the safeguards are being observed, but we must also allow the election process to complete its course.

“And we should be careful not to unduly feed the fears of the people with sweeping accusations of a vast government conspiracy to frustrate the people’s will. There are many decent people in government who will not allow that to happen.”

Monsod said he believes the military’s assurance that they will uphold the Constitution and that they are averse to Arroyo’s extension of power.

He said the senyiment in the miltiary is that in case of non-declaration of winners, they will follow the constitutional succession.

“This election is not about President Arroyo, it is about us and the ability of our country to carry out this project, despite the odds. This is not going to be easy. And if we have to do it again and again until we make it right, so be it. That’s institution-building and the longer view,” Monsod said.

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  1. chi chi

    I don’t know what to believe anymore. The words of Monsod seem empty to me because majority of the pinoys will go to the polls precisely to boot Gloria out of power. He’s romanticizing the situation. Long shot sya talaga! Nakakapagod!

  2. chi chi

    Magboto na lang tayo ng matitino na kandidato at ng madali ang pagbabago sa Pinas. Kung matino ang lider madadali rin ang mga proyektong ganito, hindi na kailangan ang ubusan ng pasensya.

  3. dinah-pinoy dinah-pinoy

    He took five bullets

    His rivals have criticized him for authoring zero laws in his 12 years as a lawmaker (nine years as representative and three years as senator) and working only for companies either owned by his family (Intra-Strata Assurance Corp. and Central Azucarera de Tarlac) or were run by friends of his parents (Nike distributor Mondragon Philippines).

    But what the public did not know was Aquino’s role in his mother’s administration, when, as a 26-year-old, he became the confidante of his mother who was learning on the job how to fend off coup plotters, opportunists and backstabbers in the Palace.

    Aquino was hands-on in managing the security of his mother, especially after he took five bullets in one of the military uprisings staged by then Col. Gregorio “Gringo” Honasan just 18 months into his mother’s term (this event fueled his fascination for guns and military hardware).

    President Aquino constantly turned to her son for his personal take on policy reforms and proposed deals which was why he has become adept in doing research on his own, a trait he would carry in the elections.

    “Whenever my mother wanted a background check on someone or some project, he went to me for help. There are only a few people she trusted during those days and as his only son, it was my duty to protect her and I did,” Senator Aquino said.

    http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/inquirerheadlines/nation/view/20100507-268523/BENIGNO-SIMEON-C-AQUINO-III–Whats-important-is-I-see-problem-and-solve-it

  4. Oblak Oblak

    Ms. Ellen, agree ako na maging P o Patient muna. Lawakan ang pang unawa kung may problema sa automation. Pero kung ang comelec at GMA ay babuyin ang proseso ng election at sasagadin ang P o Patience ng mga Pinoy , doblehin na ang P.

  5. dinah-pinoy dinah-pinoy

    double P: patalsikin at pagbayarin!

  6. Phil Cruz Phil Cruz

    The military has given assurance that they will follow the constitutional succession? A very safe answer, indeed.

    Because what is the constitutional succession if no national position winner is proclaimed, only local positions?

    If Gloria wins her Congressional seat she will soon become Speaker. One of her Senate lackeys is going to be elected Acting President. Easy to buy off a few more senators.

    So Gloria and her President take power and indulge in furious machinations to perpetrate themselves in power via Cha-Cha, etc, etc. Gloria forever again.

    All very constitutional.

    And the military has reportedly said that they are averse to Gloria’s staying in power. Who said that? Only one general.

    But I do have hope and a feeling that there is a deep schism in the military. And Gloria is having sleepless nights about it.

  7. balweg balweg

    RE: The military has given assurance that they will follow the constitutional succession?

    Ngayon pa Kgg. Phil Cruz…ano ginawa ng AFP/PNP disgruntled Generals like Angelo Reyes et. al., nagpagamit sa mga traydor at sinungaling.

    Kaya pala e sila ang numero unong kriminal…kita natin ang Ampatuwad massacre, sino ang nagsupply ng armas sa mga astig na ito…di ba galing sa armory ng militar?

    Naging sunod-sunuran ang militar sa kumpas ni Gloria…10 years tayong ginawang tao-tauhan ng mga kumag na yan. Nasaan yong kanilang loyalty una sa Saligang Batas at pangalawa ang protektahan ang kapakanan ng mamamayang Pilipino?

    Huwag silang magsalita at nakakakulili ng tenga…but, GAWIN NILA…ngayon pa na bistado na ang kanilang hasang, doon sila sa mga kurap at sinungaling kasi nga naggagamitan sila upang makakurakot din.

    Kita natin ang lifestyle ng mga Generals problem and other high rangking officials…ang daming DATUNG, e magkano ba ang kanilang take home pay?

    Kaya di matigil ang illegal na gawain sa Pinas e sino ba ang protektor? Karamihan sa mga ranking officials ng AFP/PNP e nagsiyaman…pero ang kapwa nila ordinaryong obrero heto at kuba na sa hirap pero simple lang ang pamumuhay.

    Paano titino ang bansa e WALANG magandang ehemplo! Nangangarap silang maayos ang problema ng bansa…pero sila e ano ang pinaggagagawa, ANO SILA SINUSWERTE?

  8. olan olan

    vigilance, patience..ano ang silbi ng mga salating ito sa nangyayari sa ating bayan? ang mismong nakakaraming nakaupo sila ang nanggagago sa bayan! and how can you have a good election if mismong pamunuan sa COMELEC ang iniisip ay dilehensya at hindi election..ilang isyu na ba ang lumabas tungkol sa mga tangkang pangungurakot ng mga miyembro nito? Sa Militar naman, halos lahat ng mga ex general na involve sa gobyerno ay mga bolerong abusado, magnanakaw at pahirap sa bayan! Ang Hustisya naman ang bagal at patay mali…Ito ang totoo na nakikita ko..Ang Gobyerno ng ating inang bayan ang pabigat at pasakit sa tao….tapos tayong mga pinoy vigilance and patience na naman!

    One of these days, naniniwala ako na magkakaroon ng tunay na katipunan na may hustisya ang mga pinoy.

    “…Institution building and longer view” means nothing kung ang nakaupo ay sila pa rin and it just like saying tanggapin na lang ng taongbayan ang sistemang ito. Ano kayo hilo..Ang Pilipinas ay para sa lahat ng mga pinoy di lang para sa iilan na mga abusadong nasa poder.

  9. Lurker Lurker

    Naniniwala pa rin ako sa integridad ng mas nakararami sa militar. Mayroon dyan na mapagkakatiwalaan na susunod sa ating konstitusyon.

    May nagsabi rin sa akin na nakipagkita si Monsod sa mga militar, makailan linggo na. Humingi siya siguro ng assurance sa kanilang pagsunod sa konstiyusyon, kaya ganyan ang sinabi niya.

  10. Phil Cruz Phil Cruz

    It is not the various anti-Gloria sectors that are causing all this anxiety and the possibility of another People Power.

    It is Gloria, Norberto and the Comelec’s bungling that are causing all these, and I suspect, deliberately.

    I hope there will be no need for People Power. Nobody wants it. But the hand that will light the fuse will ultimately be Gloria’s. She’s playing with dynamite.

  11. Phil Cruz Phil Cruz

    Inquirer columnist Armando Doronila so aptly puts it in his column today:

    “The worst form of cheating that Filipinos cannot accept or tolerate is to be robbed of the right to an honest vote — either by mechanical failure or political manipulation.

    If this happens, the streets will be swept by a human wave again, without Noynoy Aquino needing to summon it.”

  12. Phil Cruz Phil Cruz

    Hello, Melo! You and your Comelec bungled again.

    The Supreme Court turned down your Comelec decision to approve the coalition of Villar’s NP and the NPC to be the dominant minority party. The reason was simple and straightforward. The deadline for such petitions had long passed.

    In a unanimous decision, the SC agreed with the LP that the Comelec committed “grave abuse of discretion” in disregarding its own deadline in approving the NP-NPC coalition.

    Never saw such incompetence and blatant disregard of very simple rules such as “Check the deadlines, please.”

    And we expect Melo and his Bunglers to manage a nationwide automated election? And Christian Monsod calls on the people to be patient? Christian, there’s a limit to being Christian.

  13. perl perl

    P for Patience: hanggang kailan? hindi pa ba sapat ung more than 9 years na pasensya? P for Peste sila… P-utang nila… sa taong bayan… sobrang laki at madami na…

  14. perl perl

    Manila Archbishop Gaudencio Rosales called calls for another People Power, the same force that toppled the Marcos regime and catapulted to power Aquino’s mother, Corazon Aquino in 1986, “irresponsible and crazy.”
    Bishop, mukhang nabuhay ka ata mula sa hukay… asan ka noong hello garci? asan sya noong NBN-ZTE? world bank project? at nasaan ka noong lumabas ang mga nakakasukang pagnanakaw na ginawa ni gloria at ng kanyang mga alipores? Tinawag mo bang iresponsable at baliw si Gloria?

    baligtad na talga mundo ngayon…tatawagin mong baliw at irespobsable and taong may lakas ng loob na gusto ng wakasan ang mga kawalanghiyaan ni gloria na sumira sa lahat ng institusyon ng ating pamahalaan..

    sana kunin ka na ni Cardinal Sin…

  15. Lurker Lurker

    This just in: SC dismisses all petitions for poll postponement. So, tuloy ang eleksyon!

  16. perl perl

    Christian, there’s a limit to being Christian.
    korek! nakakawalang gana kapag katulad ni Archbishop Rosales and namumuno! hindi kami INC na bulag!

  17. perl perl

    Lurker – May 7, 2010 4:17 pm
    This just in: SC dismisses all petitions for poll postponement. So, tuloy ang eleksyon!
    ———————————————
    Agree with this! pero magprepare din sa manual na bilangan… o kung ayaw pa din nila… ipostpone ang bilangan hindi ang botohan…

    haay… ang daming problema!

  18. perl perl

    chi – May 7, 2010 9:49 am
    I don’t know what to believe anymore.

    ————————————
    tama ka dyan chi… nung nag resign si makalintal as election lawyer ni gloria dahil nagsuggest na ipostpone ang election… hindi mo magawang panigan p paniwalaan si makalintal… lalo namang hindi ko kayang paniwalaan ang malacanan…

    sirit na! ano ba talga? nasa last episode na ba tayo ng teleserye ni Gloria? o baka may season 2 pa? juicekopo!

  19. rose rose

    …there is no limit to being a Christian….Christ is good all the time and all the time God is good…since we claim to be His followers…we have our faith and trust in Him..didn’t St. Paul say…love is patient? with God ang sabi nga…nothing is impossible…

  20. Lurker Lurker

    What about for those atheists out there? Non-Christians? What do they invoke?

  21. martina martina

    Sa kalibre ng mga Pidals, hindi nila basta bibitawan ang malacanang. Not yet, except kung ang panalo ay kapanalig nila. Kung magkadayaan na, may magagawa pa ba? Hintayin ang recounting na usually ay tapos na ang term bago matapos?

    Tama naman ang naging call ni Noynoy na people power kung magkadayaan. It is time na matikman ng mga kampon ni Glueria na ovestretched na ang pasensya ng mga tao, not the time to be meek.

  22. Lurker Lurker

    We just have to be READY for anything. And that includes civil disobedience. marching on to EDSA and the rest.

  23. Oblak Oblak

    Pader, mas magaling ba yang jojorobles na yan kaysa kay Lito Banayo? Kung ala inescacho din lang level nya, pass ako.

  24. Lurker Lurker

    Manila Standard? Incredible na dyaryo yan!

  25. chi chi

    ““…Institution building and longer view” means nothing kung ang nakaupo ay sila pa rin and it just like saying tanggapin na lang ng taongbayan ang sistemang ito. Ano kayo hilo..Ang Pilipinas ay para sa lahat ng mga pinoy di lang para sa iilan na mga abusadong nasa poder.”

    Bullseye, olan!

  26. chi chi

    Militar?… prove that I may trust them again, this election may just do that or not!

  27. Screaming about people power at this point in time in history where everyone can use the power of the ballot is like running amok in the streets.

    The power of the ballot is immense… It must be used wisely. Faced with very limited options, the power of the vote need not necessarily be a vote for; it can be used to vote against in order to force powers that be to listen to you. Obviously in the Philippine setting today, Gloria won’t give a damn. She’s on her way out.

    Anyway, to me when there are limited options, I would vote against to help stop the most undeserving fellow to get through.

    That’s how I see it as illustrated when I voted against party lines in one referendum here a few years ago, not because I didn’t like the president but because I wanted to tell him I did not like the new govt policies (policies which had nothing to do with the subject of the referendum, which was about the Lisbon Treaty).

    It appeared that many voters had the same idea; the referendum which was the ruling party’s “baby” was soundly defeated. The President acknowledged on TV that the vote against the Treaty was in fact a wake up call; essentially, it was not a vote against the referendum but a vote against his government — the voters, short of running amok in the streets to make their voices heard (because presidential elections were still far off)used their votes to make him listen. It was the best way to have people’s voices heard. And it worked.

    Reforms were instituted — the next referendum about the Lisbon Treaty referendum was a success.

  28. luzviminda luzviminda

    Balweg,
    Accordng to the article, Nyoynyoy si lazy daw, I believe that. Kasi at his age di siya marunong magluto.(Si Nyoynyoy mismo nagsabi nyan) Salad lang yata ang alam gawin. I believe that he is also a SPOILED BRAT. Kaya sabi ni Kris nung namatay si Cory promise niya na ‘aalagaan’ daw niya si Nyoynyoy. Ano ba ang naging trabaho niya nung bagong graduate siya? Sa PAL? (PALamunin ng pamilya!)

  29. luzviminda luzviminda

    Tanong ko pa about Nyoynyoy: At his AGE, ano ba ang mga naipundar niya para sa kanyang sariling future? Sa magiging sarili niyang pamilya? May naipundar na ba siyang properties? Condo man lang? Mas marami pa yatang naipundar si Kris. O baka inaasahan lang niya yung mga mamanahin niya, tulad ng bahay ng mga Aquino sa Times St. At syempre ang lupin sa Hacienda Luisita. Kaya tuloy ayaw kong maniwala na ibibigay ng mga Cojuangco ang BUONG kalupaan na nararapat sa mga magsasaka ng Hacienda. Malamang na kapiraso na lang ang ibigay dahil na-shortchanged na nila ang mga poor farmers. Talo na sa valuation, talo pa sa sukat.

  30. Oblak Oblak

    Aling Luz, hindi tamad si Noynoy. Hindi ba sabi nyo, masipag syang apihin at yurakan ang mga karapatan ng mga abang magsasaka ng Hacienda Luisita. Ang sipag din nyang makialam para kumita sa SCTEX, di ba? Ano ba talaga, masipag o tamad?

    Ako nga naka dalawang debut na hindi pa rin ako marunong magluto kahit gumawa ng salad. Pareho pala kami ni Noynoy, Marlboro red kid pa. Kaya sya ang iboboto ko!!!

  31. luzviminda luzviminda

    Syempre mas gusto niyang mag-presidente. Sarap yata ng buhay ng maraming bodyguards at alalay. SPOILed BRAT lalo ang dating. Sarap ng ang attention ay nasa iyo. Parang SPECIAL CHILD!

  32. Oblak Oblak

    I see Aling Luz, para rin pala syang si Erap, mahilig sa masarap. Yung lang special lolo na si Erap.

  33. chi chi

    Luz, personal na masyado na yan. 🙂

    I don’t care what he knows domestically, laking yaman sya and it’s not a sin. What I care is if these mga anak yaman really care for the country and citizens that they’d do everything in their power to better the lots of pinoys, unlike rich bitch Gloria.

  34. balweg balweg

    RE: Pareho pala kami ni Noynoy, Marlboro red kid pa. Kaya sya ang iboboto ko!!!

    Ganoon…Igan Oblak, sige na nga…basta ang balato namin or else mag-EDSA IV kami pag di nýo inaayos ang paglilingkod-bulsa?

    Oppppssss…e bakit nga ba Noynoy NA e sa May 10 nga pala ang halalan, ANO KA Sinuswerte…baka ilampaso yan ni Pangulong Erapski, matauhan ang iyong manokis!

    Basta…kung sino PANALO e di yan TALO! Demokrasya Igan…mahirap naman kung lahat sila e panalo at walang talo.

    Inang natin talaga…yon na siguro ang bangungot na bubulaga sa balana, ang FAILURE of AUTOMATION!

    Mabilis ka bang tumakbo…tulong tayo sa paghuli sa mga utak-pulbura na walang magandang inisip para sa bayan…kasi nga bakit ngayon na ilang araw na lang saka sila nag-aapura.

    Gustong palabasin na ONTIME sila at tayong Noypi e sunod-sunuran sa gusto nilang mangyari…ano sila hilo!

  35. chi chi

    Mayaman din naman si Erapski and I doubt if he knows how to care for himself when alone. 🙂 Sa antas ng buhay, pare-pareho silang mayaman and I don’t think that’s an issue at all. Nagkakatalo lang sila kung tunay ang serbisyo nila sa tao at walang halong greed. Kung hindi maiaalis ‘dahil tao lamang’, dapat they should know when to stop hindi gaya ni Gloria.

  36. rose rose

    Lurker: non christians do not believe and accept Christ and they have their own prayers…If you have read Gandhi on Non Violence-edited by Thomas Merton..you will find that while he is not a Christian he is for non violence just as Christ wants is.

  37. balweg balweg

    luzviminda – May 7, 2010 9:09 pm

    RE: Tanong ko pa about Nyoynyoy: At his AGE, ano ba ang mga naipundar niya para sa kanyang sariling future?

    E asawa nga Igan Filipinas WALA…aba 3 termers yan sa Kongreso at 3-years sa Senado, yaks…isa man atang batas e walang naipa sa plenaryo?

    Buti pa daw si Senatong Lapida…na makabayan (i mean, di inglisero sa Senado) e may naipasang bills.

    Si NoyhepaB…ayon kay Kristeta ay aalagan pa daw niya ang Kuya niya, Mama’s boy siguro yan…walang sariling diskarte sa buhay.

    Paano yan…isa rin yang elitista from rug to riches, sige magresearch pa tayo about their lives noon?

  38. saxnviolins saxnviolins

    Two days to election time. Are the interested parties prepared?

    It is often said that the cheating is done usually in the transmittal. Are we prepared to provide evidence against the transmitted fabrication? Have the parties ensured that there is at least one poll watcher with a digital camera or camera enabled cellphone at every precinct? That would ensure that the tally of totals is preserved in digital form to be compared to the tally submitted to Manila; later to be read in the canvassing of votes to be done by the Congress in joint session.

    The parties could set up central emails per province, to which the cellphones would send the photos. The email owner can then proceed to download them and burn them to a disc. It would also, help, for sorting purposes, if the photos were labeled by precinct, for easy retrieval later.

    The photographer can also issue an affidavit attesting to the veracity of the photo. Simple lang naman yang affidavit. I will post a template later. The affidavit will be sworn to before a notary, preferably before the Fiscal/Prosecutor. This is needed, because the photo has to be authenticated to be admissible in evidence. The affidavit is what authenticates it. The photographer can later snail mail the affidavit to the group’s central command.

    The burned discs can be sent to the legislators for easy reference, so that when the canvassing is done, they will have the evidence to confront the chair, to avoid the “noted” tactic. Maybe that is why Manong Johnny does not want to step down, because he wants to ensure there is no notably noted session.

    In the event of a jam, glitch or foul-up (incidental or by design), which will be known during the day, is there a lawyer ready with a petition to the RTC to ask for a mandatory injunction to compel a manual count after the closing of the precincts? If I wanted to cheat, I would produce a glitch, so that the paper ballots would not be fed into the machine. They would be stacked until the end of the day. Then, heroically, somebody comes up with a “replacement” chip, in lieu of the “malfunctioning” chip. It is that new hardware that will have the cheating code in it. Or, I can say that I will send the stacked ballots to another location, where there is a spare machine. Then the old switcheroo can be done on the paper ballots.

    The totals from the photos sent to the central email can be posted on the web, so that the people will be able to view the results, even before the attack, I mean watchdogs, like NAMFREL can come up with their “neutral” count.

    This can be done by anybody, whether student/youth group, political party, or just plain cyber barkadas. An upgraded gmail account providing 80 gig of storage is available for only $20 per year. I recommend, however, the decentralization by province, because it would be too tedious to wade through 80,000 photos.

    As I posted earlier, there must be people power technically, to obviate the need for people power in the streets. There is the old saw about an ounce of prevention being better than a pound of cure. The people must know the total before the “official total” is sprung on them. With a little cooperation among the citizens, it can be done.

    I dare not say God Bless the Philippines. Rather, God forgive the Philippines – for the years of complacency.

    You’ve got the ball Juan de la Cruz.

  39. luzviminda luzviminda

    Curious din ako. Si Erap, ang daming mga babae. He must have ‘good’ qualities na dahilan para siya habulin. While si Nyoynyoy… iniiwanan! There must be something ‘wrong’!

  40. luzviminda luzviminda

    Chi, importante rin sa kin yung medyo personal. Ang dami ko kasing tanong about Nyoynyoy’s personal life kaya di pa ko kumbinsidong ready na siya for presidency. Meaning yung siya talaga ang didiskarte sa pamumuno ng Pilipinas. Baka kasi Balik lang tayo sa dati.

  41. “…there must be people power technically, to obviate the need for people power in the streets. There is the old saw about an ounce of prevention being better than a pound of cure.” — Sax

    Agree completely.

  42. Si Erap, ang daming mga babae. — Luz

    Hardly a quality I’d say. 🙂

  43. Think of his long suffering wife… 🙁

  44. saxnviolins saxnviolins

    Nakapamili na ang mga botante. Hindi na mainam ang magkumbinsihan, o magpaligsahan ukol sa “ang candidato ko ay higit na mahusay sa candidato mo”, o “ang candidato mo ay mas mabaho sa candidato ko”. Kailangan nang magkapit-bisig sa pagbantay ng balota, nang sa gayon, ang tunay na pinili ng sambayanan ang siyang mamuno.

    Alam niyo kung sino ang presidente ko. Ngunit makikisama ako sa mga maka-Aquino sa pagbantay ng balota. Ang higit na mahalaga ay ang umiral ang nais ng sambayanan.

  45. Another “Hello Garci” will cause another “People Power”. Gloria got away with murder and we have 9 years of history full of shame, poverty, and corruption. In the beginning, she was seen as someone intelligent, well educated, and well experienced. Yes, she fooled the people. She was and still is a wolf in a sheep’s skin. Her’s is the thickest face a human being could ever have. Hopefully, her reign will really be over after May 10. Hopefully.

  46. saxnviolins saxnviolins

    Pag-usapan na lang natin ang pagbantay ng inyong i-ma-marka sa inyong mga balota. Tama na yang si Erap babaero, si Noynoy, mukhang nagsasariling sikap (Home Depot says do it yourself).

  47. Agree Sax… what we need to talk about is how to get through to the heads of the Comelec that the people are watching and will guard balloting stations.

  48. I don’t want Erap to be my next president. I don’t want our young people to think that his lifestyle is ok to follow. I can’t fathom the mentality of our kababayan sometimes. Babaero is never a quality. Never! Pag nanalo si Erap, lalong kahiya-hiya at kaawa-awa ang ating bansa. He was found guilty of plunder, babaero, tomadero, walang isang salita, etc. tapos ibabalik. Please naman!

  49. Yes! Agree ako with Sax and Anna. Taong bayan ang boboto kaya taong bayan din ang mag-bantay ng kanilang boto and Comelec must feel that they are being watch by the whole world actually.

  50. Oblak Oblak

    Lolay, I read yung article, tnx. Kung pwedeng mag flying voter, gagawin ko na iboto si Aquino ng ilang beses dahil dito:

    “They call us bengatibo (vengeful), but isn’t that a way of admitting that they have done wrong? But again, we will give them what they have not given us—due process. I might have my opinion of them but it does not mean it will be the law. I will not be a dictator,” said Aquino, who plans to put up a special commission on his first day in office that would investigate all unfinished probes on corrupt deals under the Arroyo administration.”

    Sinabi mo yan Noynoy! Kapag hindi mo yan ginawa, kasama ko si Pader na uupak sa iyo!!

  51. Oblak,

    Sinabi mo yan Noynoy! Kapag hindi mo yan ginawa, kasama ko si Pader na uupak sa iyo!!

    Sasama ako sa iyo uupak kay Noynoy. (Uupak, I suppose, means will lambast him?)

  52. perl perl

    AnnaDeBrux – May 7, 2010 10:36 pm
    Please vote for KAAKBAY PARTY LIST, one of the founders was head of Ping Lacson’s BE NOT AFRAID movement.

    Really? wala pa kong napipiling Party List… since si Idol Ping ang co-founder… yan na iboboto ko! Thanks, Anna!

    “Patas na Laban Para sa Lahat – Ping Lacson”

  53. Thanks very much Perl! 🙂

  54. chi chi

    Sino kaya ang sumulat ng linya na yan ni Noynoy? I hope he’ll remember it. 🙂

    Anna, I’m well aware of KPL, ibinoto ko yan pati PEP coalition.

  55. My husby said “uupak” is like “bugbog sarado dila lang ang walang latay”.

  56. Oblak Oblak

    Ms. Anna, you are correct re: upak. But with me and Pader, it also means physical assault!

  57. Si Gloria pala ang dapat upakan.

  58. ocayvalle ocayvalle

    come monday, may 10 2010, at long last..will going to have a new president..!! mabuhay ang pilipinas..
    a woman who sitted as a president, but never elected by her people and she cheated twice a man, just to pretend to be a leader, that man she cheated, will be twice become a president..!!

  59. Lurker Lurker

    Relax lang. Hanggang June 30 pa ang bruha!

  60. Lurker Lurker

    Chi, isa lang dapat ang partylist na iboboto. Spoiled na ang partylist kategorya mo kung KPL at PEP ang ibinoto mo.

  61. Ah… ok. Thanks folks for the other meaning of uupak.

    I suppose, I’d be more than tempted to go along with Oblak and Pader (Balweg?) in making uupak to Aquino if he does not keep his promise.

  62. Erap calls Maceda’s Gloria option to stop Aquino dead in his tracks: Kalokohan

    Estrada said it would be “impossible” for him to accept help from someone whom he had been denouncing in his campaign speeches as one of the conspirators behind his ouster from Malacañang. “I might as well lose than join her. She almost ruined my life,” he said.

    Hahahah! Erap’s sense of humour is still intact! She almost ruined my life must be the greatest political understatement of the year… 🙂

  63. tagaisip tagaisip

    re #4:
    ang babaw naman ng pinagmamalaking nyong experience ni noynoy nyo. dahil lang dun qualified na sya? tulad ng pagtatayo nya ng security agency nung naka upo pa nanay nya,kaya kaya na nya solusyonan ang peace and order sa bansa natin? tulad din ng hindi na daw nya pagpapasa ng mga batas kasi masyado na daw maraming batas ang pilipinas,kailangan na lang implementasyon. e hindi ba nya alam na kaya sya sineswelduhan bilang congressman at senador e para gumawa ng batas? hindi nya trabaho magpa implement ng mga batas,trabaho ng pulis yun. e dapat pala pulis pinasok nya!

  64. chi chi

    A,ganun ba Lurker, sori na lang sila, tapos na akong bumoto. Next time na lang…

  65. chi chi

    Luko-loko talaga si Maceda e, gustong manalo si Erap kahit sa anumang paraan. Sinabi na nga ni Erap na makipag-cooperate sya kay Nonoy kung matalo ayaw pang tumigil ni Ernie.

    Basta sa ganyang tindig ni Erap e meron akong tiwala. Bakit nga naman siya magpapaulol muli kay Gloria who “almost ruined” his life. Handa syang manalo at matalo sa malinis na paraan.

  66. Hayyyy, sana Tuesday na at para tapos na ang lahat. I’m dying to see the pandakekok leave the palace.

  67. Isagani Isagani

    There best thing to do is vote! If one has the courage and the capability, perhaps observe and help carry out clean elections. After that, wait for results and act according to conscience and the law.

    A safe and clean elections, everyone.

  68. balweg balweg

    RE: I don’t want Erap to be my next president.

    Demokrasya Kgg. Lolay, alam mo kaming Masang Noypi e marunong umintidi at mapagparaya…kita mo naman 10-years na kanda kuba sa hirap at dusa sa pamumuno ng mga traydor at sinungaling.

    Ngayon, di kayang matake yan ng mga kickedout na elitista kaya heto mind conditioning na si NoyhepaB ang DAW ang #1 sa survey.

    Juicenatin pala, naunahan na siya ng Pangulong Erap sa kanyang LAKBAY PASASALAMAT after na palayain ng mga lingkod-bulsa.

    Yong survey ng SWS at False Asia e kathang-isip lamang ito ng mga elitista coz’SINO BA ANG MGA PERSONALIDAD sa firms na ito? Di ba Kamag-anak Inc. at dating tuta ni Santita Cory na ngayon e kasapakat ng ABS-CBN, bakit di ba si De Jesus e COO ng Meralco?

    Kaya huwag kayong pakasiguro…di nýo ALAM ang pulso ng MASANG PILIPINO except yong Masang bystanders na nagpagamit sa EDSA DOS con Hello Garci conspirators.

    Tatlong tulog na lang May 10 na….

  69. Kaya huwag kayong pakasiguro…di nýo ALAM ang pulso ng MASANG PILIPINO — Balweg

    Sabagay… pareho sa UK, before the May 6 general election, polls were very upbeat about a huge Conservative win and the surge of the Liberal Democrats. Cleggmania (Lib Dems) was contagious. Come election day, the polls were proven wrong.

    Cameron (Conservative) won by a very minimum margin and the Lib Dems didn’t surge at all. In fact they lost some of their seats. Because there was no clear majority, Labour government is still in place.

    Pundits put it to the surge of dormant Labour voters who trooped to the polling stations at the last minute because the news had it that exit polls were predicting a landslide for the Conservative; they were frightened of a Conservative government under Cameron who had said during the campaign that there would be huge tax cuts if Conservative got elected and so trooped to the ballot stations.

    Pre-election poll results were defeated.

  70. Ooops, huge budget cuts (not tax cuts)

  71. hKofw hKofw

    Pasingit naman, para sa akin, bilang may pagmamahal at naaawa sa ating bayan na patuloy na niluluray ng mga ganid, sinungaling, magnanakaw, tiwali, kapalmuks, manyakis, mamamatay-tao, mapagkunwari at mapagsamantalang mga pulitiko…ang gustong kong maging presidente si…
    BRO. EDDIE VILLANUEVA.

    Sa lahat ng mga kandidato siya ang may TAKOT SA DIYOS at may tunay na may PAGMAMAHAL SA BAYAN. Ibig sabihin hindi siya magiging tiwali at mapagsamatala. Binitawan niya ang kanyang posisyon bilang pangulo ng JIL International para
    lang makapaglingkod sa hikahos at lugmok sa kahirapan na mayorya o nakararaming Pilipino.

    Siya lamang ang ipinagdadasal ng milyon-milyong Kristiyano at Christian Organizations sa buong mundo:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvt1sAQkEus&feature=related

    Siya lang ang na-interview sa The 700 Club:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Gyi3elyuoY&feature=related

    Siya lang ang tanging kandidato sa pagka-presidente na na-feature sa South China Post Magazine:

    http://www.scribd.com/doc/31057309/Bro-Eddie-Villanueva

    At siya ang nasa prophesy ni Cindy Jacob, kilalang present day prophet na siyang nag-prophesied sa naging presidente ng Costa Rica (Abel Pacheco) at present President ng South Korea (Lee Myung-bak) na nag-katotoo:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAW_sl0MRDc

    Sana ipagdasal natin na matupad ang prophesy na ito ALANG-ALANG SA KINABUKASAN NG ATING BANSA.

    “Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.”
    – Mark 11:24

  72. hKofw hKofw

    P is for Power of PRAYER.

    Ipgdasal natin na gumaling o alisin na ang mga bagay na parang kanser na nagpapahirap sa bansa: pagnanakaw, pagsisinungaling, manyana habit, katamaran, kamangmangan, walang isang salita, balimbingan, kaliwaan, dayaan, panlilinlang, pagka-makasarili, kapabayaan, pagkukunwari, kidnapan, patayan, pananakot, pagmamahal sa pera at kapangyarihan.

    Kung mawawala ang lahat ng mga negatibong elemento na ito, walang duda na uunlad ang ating bansa.

    “If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.” – 2 Chronicles 7:14

  73. hKofw hKofw

    Hi Ellen, where’s my 2 inputs? Pls. let me inform…Thanks

  74. perl perl

    Miriam: I was cheated, but didn’t call for people power
    http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/05/05/10/miriam-i-was-cheated-didn%E2%80%99t-call-people-power
    Kaya nga nanaig ang pandaraya dahil walang syang suportang natanggap mula sa taong bayan…

    “In 1992, I deliberately, voluntarily and spontaneously refrained from calling a people power,” Santiago said. “I did not call on the people to spill out into the streets because I felt extremely responsible for their lives and their safety.”

    si brenda, nagmamalinis… hindi bat kasama sya ni Enrile na sumigaw sa entablado noong EDSA3 na hinimok ang mga taong lumusob sa Malacanan? tapos para syag dagang nagtago at biglang nawala noong humupa ang tensyon… naging responsable ba sya sa mga taong sumugod sa malacanan na nasaktan noong panahong yon?

    ang mga alagad ni gloria! gustong proteksyunan ang reyna ng mga magnanakaw!

  75. xman xman

    SWS and Falso Asia are on yellow steroid that’s why Noynoy is up.

    Ipina laklak ni Noynoy ng marijuana yong dalawang yon kaya high na high sila.

    Gusto ko nga e mag people power si Noynoy at sya ang manguna sa marcha. Sasakit siguro ang tiyan ko sa kakatawa kong gagawin nya yon para kong nakikinikinita na para syang sinto sintong lasing na nangingisay sa marcha…lol
    Ah, siguradong magtatago lang yan sa saya ng mga kapatid nya.

  76. olan olan

    Wow,many pretenders band together to discourage people against exercising their rights for CHANGE..karapatan ng mga tao ang mag-alsa kung kinakailangan! they know kapag naulit ang PEOPLES POWER lagot silang mga sinungaling, magnanakaw at abusado kasi it only means HUSTISYA! and more likely they’ll lost their grip or stranglehold sa nakakarami. Simple lang naman ang solusyon dito..Huwag ninyong abusuhin ang mga tao, matuto kayong sumunod sa batas at gawin ninyo ang responsibilidad ninyo bilang representaryo ng mga nakakarami sa dahilan na kapag totoo kayo kahit may peoples power di kayo mapapasailalim ng hustisya ng bayan! opinyon lang po.

  77. Phil Cruz Phil Cruz

    Perl, I remember that scene very clearly. The brain-damaged one and Enrile up on stage egging and yelling their hearts out for Erap’s horde to go and attack Malacanang… then disappear when Erap’s herd got clobbered by Gloria’s truncheons.

    Brain-damaged ang dalawa kasi.

  78. hKofw hKofw

    P is for Power of PRAYER.

    Ipgdasal natin na gumaling o alisin na ang mga bagay na parang kanser na nagpapahirap sa bansa: pagnanakaw, pagsisinungaling, manyana habit, katamaran, kamangmangan, walang isang salita, balimbingan, kaliwaan, dayaan, panlilinlang, pagka-makasarili, kapabayaan, pagkukunwari, kidnapan, patayan, pananakot, pagmamahal sa pera at kapangyarihan.

    Kung mawawala ang lahat ng mga negatibong elemento na ito, walang duda na uunlad ang ating bansa.

    “If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.”
    – 2 Chronicles 7:14

  79. Lurker Lurker

    Many of our politicians are chameleons––able to change to blend in with whatever is current at the moment.

  80. Bonifacio Bonifacio

    In many occassions in the past, those who are the noisiest, calling for action are nowhere to be seen when things get tight.

    Kaya nga naiwan sa ere sina Sen. Trillanes.

    Let’s set aside People Power first, give the Constitutional process a chance.

    Let us not repeat our mistake in January 2001 when, in our desire to get rid of Estrada we allowed Arroyo to violate the Constitution. Kaya ayan, namihasa. Binastos na ng husto ang batas.

  81. luzviminda luzviminda

    “I don’t want Erap to be my next president.” -Lolay

    Paano kung si Erap ang manalo? Ano ang gagawin mo? Basta let us give DEMOCRACY a chance this time. Tama na muna yang People Power. Mayroon tayong Constitution dapat sundin. Hirap sa karamihang Pinoy eh ayaw sundin ang batas. Nagpapa-anod at nagpapa-uto sa mga politikong may vested interests. Last recourse yang People Power.

  82. chi chi

    Kahit na sinuman ang manalo basta maayos at may kalinisan ang eleksyon, wala akong reklamo! Hoping for a new leaf…

  83. “Last recourse yang People Power.” – luzviminda

    Tama! Kaya sa Lunes, hindi pweden yang tutulog-tulog.

    1. Yung mga volunteers, pagdalhin ng cellphone na may camera.
    2. Kunan ng picture o video yung paper tape na lalabas sa makina.
    3. I-post sa internet, ipadala sa email ng mga partido o kung sinong volunteer group.
    4. Saka naman ikukumpara ng mga nasa canvassing center kung pareho ng data ang ipinadadala ng mga makina.
    5. Ibuhos ang resources (tao at kagamitan) sa mga tradisyunal na lugar ng dayaan (Lanao del Norte/Sur, Maguindanao, Sulu, Basilan, etc.)
    6. Magtalaga ng mga “spotter” na may kilala sa mga residente ng presinto at itimbre sa may camera ang mga kahina-hinala para makunan sila ng litrato.
    7. Orasan ang mga bumoboto upang maiwasan ang mga nananadyang patagalin ang botohan para maipit at hindi makaboto ang mga kasunod.
    8. Gawin ito ng hayagan at hindi patago sa lahat ng presinto para hindi na magtangka ang mga may balak mandaya. Kung makikitang maraming nagbabatay, mahirap silang gumawa ng milagro.

  84. “Kung makikitang maraming nagbabantay…”

  85. luzviminda luzviminda

    Kung makakakuha ng picture ng mga results, pwedeng i-send sa mga TV Networks o sa mga websites ng mga kandidato for verifications na rin nila. The more informations that would come in, mas makakatulong ma-spot ang mga nandadaya..

  86. florry florry

    Scores of people has now died and injured in Thailand.

    If Noynoy says that what is happening there is “mild” compared to what he is to launch, maybe he is thinking of war.

    Which reminds me of this statement:

    “I will change the world into my image, or destroy it”.

  87. si brenda, nagmamalinis… hindi bat kasama sya ni Enrile na sumigaw sa entablado noong EDSA3 na hinimok ang mga taong lumusob sa Malacanan? tapos para syag dagang nagtago at biglang nawala noong humupa ang tensyon

    Totoo yan!

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