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.”