Marichu Maceda shared with members of media a “shocking” conversation with her eight-year old grandson, Max, to underscore how Gloria Arroyo’s cheating of the 2004 elections has destroyed our concept of elections as a tool for good governance and an expression of democracy.
Manay Ichu said Max asked her how to contact “Garci”, former Comelec Commissioner Virgilio Garcillano because he wants him to transfer one million votes to his Lola Gina de Venecia, who will be running as representative for the fourth district of Pangasinan.
Aghast, Manay Ichu said she had to lecture Max on the evils of cheating and the punishment that comes with violating the law and displeasing God. Max, she said, was baffled and asked, “Why is Gloria Arroyo not punished?’
Manay Ichu said she is still looking for a satisfactory answer to Max. That’s why she was at the presscon yesterday organized by the Concerned Citizens Movement on the issues in the 2010 elections automation that has surfaced with the feud between Smartmatic and Total Information Management.
Manay Ichu detailed to the media how Arroyo tampered with the election process starting with the voters list up to elections results. But, she said, “What happened in 2004 is nothing compared to what is going to happen in 2010.”
Lawyer Harry Roque said the quarrel of Smartmatic-TIM, winners of the P7.2 billion election automation contract, has exposed the anomaly that there is no joint venture deal between them as they tried to impress the Comelec.
Roque said he doubts if the two firms would be able to solve their “irreconcilable differences.” He said Comelec should not force the two parties to push through with the joint venture,”Huwag pilitin. Kung ngayon pa lang nag-aaway, lalo pa kapag implementation na.”
There are different versions of the cause of break-up of Smartmatic and TIM before their union was even formalized. One version says TIM is asking for bigger control in the operation because in case something happens later, they would be included of those that would be held criminally liable. There are talks that TIM asked Smartmatic for additional P500 million share in the payment.
Another version is that a businessman known to be in the inner circle of the Arroyos is muzzling his way into the joint venture as a “carried partner”.
Malaya’s report said a “carried partner” is one who wants to get a piece of the action without contributing a single centavo.
Before the Smartmatic-TIM imbroglio, sources said Mike Arroyo, someone surnamed Aboitiz, and an official of Smartmatic were seen having coffee at the Renaissance Hotel in Makati.
After that meeting, TIM President Jose Mari M. Antunez reportedly got a call from a well-connected businessman for him “to cooperate” so as not to offend “powerful people.”
In yesterday’s presscon Harry Roque expressed concerned about the participation of 2Go, an Aboitiz-owned cargo forwarder, who has been given the contract to transport the 80,000 counting machines all over the country and keep on standby the 1,200 spare machines.
Roque recalled how Arroyo’s men took out the genuine 2004 election returns stored under guard in the Batasan Pambansa and changed them with manufactured ones to match the certificate of canvass they tampered in anticipation of the election protest of FPJ.
Roque said, whoever has custody of those machines determines the result of the 2010 elections. Given the branzenness of Arroyo’s operators, the 2010 elections could be worse than the fraudulent 2004 elections.
Grace Poe appealed to the public to be vigilant saying that it is not just elections that we are fighting for but the future of democracy in our country.
What a very,very BAD example this fake president has ever done to the Filipino children!!! How I wish her own grandchildren will ask similar question to her one of these days. Am sure she’ll give another BIG lie to cover up her shameful act! She has to save her face! Too bad, this kind of leader has no more conscience!!! Pwe!!!
Sana ang itatanong ng kanyang apo..Lola, talaga bang nagsinungaling ka? Nagnakaw ka daw? nangdaya ka daw? ano talaga Lola ang nangyari? what is the truth Lola?…kailan kaya magkaroon ng anak si Lulipod na magtanong nito?
Puede daw makulong ang executives ng TIM..Bakit si Fat Swine hindi ipakulong at ipa execute? The swine flu pala kaya nag pa quarantine si kama-kama (dwende)..
Gina may be a good person but having been married to the tengang daga who also benefitted from the pandak’s tongpats until Joey exposed the ZTE-NBN falling out, Gina is not a picture of a clean politician either. Sorry to say this. It is very difficult to see Gina in a very different light given the fact that she is married to an “enabler”.
Hindi mapakali ngayon si Gat Jose Rizal sa kanyang kinaroroonan.This evil regime has bastardized and corrupted all our institutions including many of the social elite.
Malaking pagsisisi ngayon ang nararamdaman ng mag asawang De Venecia sa kanilang paglikha ng isang demonya kay donya gloria.
Ang tanong ko, kung hindi binulgar ng anak nilang si Joey ang anomalya sa ZTE-NBN deal na naging dahilan sa pag bungguan ni Joe dV at ni fat guy, saan kaya sila naka panig ngayon?
“…Gina is not a picture of a clean politician either.” We get the best advice from the worst persons. Mas gusto mo bang doon tayo magpaturo sa mga manang na walang ginawa kundi sumunod sa utos ng pari?
Taxj, people are best judged by their past. Kung noong kasagsagan ng mga eskandalo ni pandak eh wala silang kibo (si tengang daga at si Gina)sa palagay mo kaya eh magiging huwaran siyang politiko?
If it is the advice we need, ok lang. Huwag na silang tumakbo, maging advicer na lang sila ng mga tatakbo. Less evil in our political system.
kawawa naman ang kabataan sa kinagisnang kultura ng pagsisinungaling at pandaraya na mismong gloria ang naging halimbawa.
ganyan ba ang mamanahin nila? at ganyan ba ang gustong ipamulat sa kanila ng administrasyon ni gloria.
kung baga, maraming dapat iwasto sa kultura ng pilipinas; pati paniniwala.
nasaan ang mga magiging modelo ng prinsipyo?
Lito Banayo endorsed the Open Election System that IT expert Gus Lagman and former Comelec Chair Christian Monsod have proposed.
Banayo:
Ellen, when I heard their proposal, I actually thought it was a better system. The votes are actually rigged not at the precinct level since there are local watchers and votes are guarded at that level. The actual dagdag bawas is when the results are transmitted. Kaya lang wala sigurong kikitain ang mga ganid dito sa sistemang ito kaya ayaw nilang isulong ito.
I like the donation of the pcs to the schools. Dapat nga mayroon ng pcs ang lahat ng eskwelahan. Napapagiwanan na tayo ng pagka-hitech!
To taunt TT to reveal the entire panorama of the Basque hegemony over Pinoys, my previous post is repeated:
Do I sense a bit of abhorrence by TT of the Basque mestizos? Mestizo, as in Tagalog, is mixed native and foreign ancestry. (The terms mulatto, quadroon, and octoroon originated with the racial policies of European colonizers in the Americas, especially the Spanish. Because civil rights and responsibilities were based directly on the degree of European blood that a person had, such classifications were highly elaborated, and minor distinctions in ancestry were carefully recorded. While these terms have highly precise definitions, in actual practice they were often used based on impressions of skin color rather than definite knowledge of ancestry.
In the Philippine context, a half-breed mestizo had better rights than the pug nosed dark skin Indios, and is a free pass to movie stardom even without talent. That is to me a strong argument to shun mestizos or quadroons and octoroons in the 2010 elections, if ever it transpires. TIM reinforces that argument.
“We believe elections are a good way of renewing democracy,” Ambassador Kristie Kenney said at the embassy’s Fourth of July celebrations, wherein she cited the strong ties and shared history of the Philippines and the United States. A few weeks ago, US Defense Secretary Robert Gates, in Manila for a few hours, also said Washington expected the Philippine elections to push through as scheduled in May 2010.
She mercifully omitted that one fundamental essence of democracy is not in the voting but in the counting.
Makikipag-meeting daw si BO sa end of the year kay pandak per Ambassador Kenney. Ano kaya ang pag-uusapan nila? Baka yung mamanukin nilang dalawa sa elections. Lulutuin na naman nila.
Ellen,
Sa tinatakbo ng sigalot ng Smartmatic, TIM at Comelec, ang open election system ang isang makabuluhang alternatibo sa full computerization.
May isa lang akong mungkahing pagbabago. Sa halip na ang icanvass sa municipio, provinsiya at National level, ang bilangan sa barangay ang tuunan ng pagbabago.
Nung 1997 ang Statistical Research and Training Center (SRTC) isang sangay ng pamahalaan sa ilalim ng NEDA/NSCB ay nagsagawa ng isang pagaaral sa 1995 election sa QC. Ang tinuon ng pagaaral ay kung pwedeng palitan ang kumpletong pagtuos ng lahat ng boto ng isang konsepto na one barangay one vote. Sa konseptong ito, ang boto ng mga kandidato pagdating sa bilangan sa barangay ay mapapalitan na ng Zero (0) of ONE (1). Ibig sabihin pag ang kandidato ay nanalo sa barangay bibigyan siya ng barangay vote na 1 kung talo ay 0.
Nakatutuwa ang kinalabasan ng pagaaral na ito. Naipakita na ang mga nanalong mayor (Mathay), vice mayor (Planas) at mg kongresista sa lahat ng districto ng QC ay siya ring nanalo pag ginamit mo ang ONE BARANGAY ONE VOTE concept.
Napadali nito ang bilangan dahil sa halip na kung ilang libong boto sa QC ang tuusin, ilang daang barangay lamang ang tinuos at pareho rin ang lumabas.
Sana ganito rin ang maging paraan ng open election system. sa halip na milyong boto ang bilangin, mahigit lang 43,000 barangay votes ang kailangang bilangin. Ito ay isang tunay na transparent counting, lalo na kung ilalathala ng Comelec at mga pahayagan ang mga nanalo bawat barangay. Mahirap gumawa ng hokus pokus dahil pagnakita sa anumang barangay na iba ang nailathala ng Comelec kesa alam nilang nangyari sa kanilang lugar tiyak magaalsa ang mga tao.
Pwede mong pasyalan ang SRTC para makita ang sinasabi kong research na ginawa nila nuon na sa palagay ko ay wala namang magiging pagbabago sa kapanahunan ngayon
ONE BARANGAY ONE VOTE walang laban ang DAGDAG BAWAS dito
Lumabas na. 1/4 lang iyan. Wala pa yung 3/4. Ang tindi ng plano ano po?
PSB,
Si Pareng Barak, makikipag-mating este meeting kay Nunalisa soon?
Abaw, kaya pala nagpa-reconstruct ang unana!
“Why is Gloria Arroyo not punished?” asked the grandson.
“Because of your stupid Lolo”, says TonGuE-tWisTeD.
Aboitiz Corp. has denied reports that the Antunez (TIM owner) family and the Aboitizes are related. Perhaps this was in response to Inquirer’s and Abante’s news where Rep. Teddy Casiño revealed that Julio Antunes, brother of Jose Mari Antunez (TIM’s President) was married into the Aboitiz family.
Casiño said, “We have to look into how TIM entered into the picture and who brokered their joint venture with Smartmatic especially since the brother of TIM’s Antunez, Julio is married into the Aboitiz who are known to be close to FG and First Family”.
I don’t know if Julio is really married into the Aboitiz clan. What I DO KNOW is that Julio Antunez is a VP of Aboitiz Corp.
This old clipping of a Column by Taby Tabaniag where it was reported that my officemate, Mars Pastor, made a hole-in-one in the Cebu Country Club leg of Johnnie Walker Classic Cup, says it all.
PSB: If it is the advice we need, ok lang. Huwag na silang tumakbo, maging advicer na lang sila ng mga tatakbo. Less evil in our political system.
*****
Sinabi mo pa. Parang iyong demonyo na nagsabing hindi siya demonyo!
Na bulls-eye mo Tongue! Nanalo si pandak dahil kay tengang daga. Now his grandson is trying to right the wrong. If we have short memories, pwede pa. But we will never forget that the tengang daga is the biggest “enabler” of pandak!
Thanks, Tongue for the info.
Buti na lang meron pa rin akong porno…, este, photographic memory. I know I have read Antunez’ name somewhere, at the time I was researching about Meralco vs. The Mafia. I kept the link on my folders because I saw there the name of Mars Pastor, a Cebuano who is a Branch Manager in Davao of the first company I worked with.
The Aboitizes are denying familial relationship with Antunez, which may be true, what they are silent is about their professional relationship. It won’t fly, buking natin sila.
From Roderick Arenas:
ako po ay laging nagbabasa ng jaryo sa internet and di lingid sa aking ka-alaman ng automatikong makinarya na gagamitin natin sa ating eleksyon ay isang na pakalaking duda at ang magiging resulta ay mabilis na dayaan. sa 2010 eleksyon.
Ako po ay isang emlyeyado dito sa saudi at isang IT lang poh. pero nakakaintindi naman poh sa ko mga program at di naman sa nakiki-alaam ako
para pamunuan ang ating pamahalan ang sa akin lang poh. kaya tinawag na Automation means automatic counting, not manaul counting unsing machine. In a case of Flash Drive para rin nating daladala ang balota same as Balot boxes na manggagaling sa ibat ibang province.
Bakit poh natin gawing Online or directly record counting to the server. you can used PLDT DSL, Smart Brodband and Globe Brodband for three days.
Kung IT po talaga sila maraming paraan para gawing sa maximum security ang isang PCOS nila online counting even province if vote in 10 -50 sec is counting my vote.
isa pa poh not means Online you can vote to internet nope. you can go to the precent of your brgy that have PCOS nila.
at pwede nilang lagyan ng Firewall ang mga Server nila alam nyo para yang ATM machine pag nag withdraw ka ng pera automatic mababawas ung Pera mo sa banko..
pag nag deposit kanamn madaragdagan ung pera mo. ganun lang poh ka simple ang program na ginawa nila.
At sana poh maging no. 1 tayo sa Information Tech ang pinas. Pero kung magdadaya poh ulit nag sayang lang tayo ng panahon, oras at napakalaking PERA na sana.
Ginamit natin para mag karoon tayo ng mga skul at mabigyan ng sapat na edukasyon ng makatulong nalang sila sa ating mga kababayan.
salamat poh