Probe Comelec irregularities and non-compliance of the Poll Automation Law Following repeated threats of Comelec Chairman Sixto Brillantes to sue and expose leaders of the election watchdog, Automated Elelction System Watch as acting in “conspiracy” to sow public distrust on the election, members and conveners of AES Watch today called for the immediate resignation of [...]
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Group calls Taiwan’s MA: Reciprocate Aquino’s Protection efforts for every Taiwanese in the Philippines
An anti-graft group yesterday has called on the Taiwan government to use all of its power and resources to protect Filipinos from attacks and abuses by its citizens in that island-state the way the Aquino government protects Taiwanese in the Philippines. Leaders of the Center for Anti-Graft and Corruption Prevention, Inc. (The Center) called on [...]
2013 Automated Elections: From BAD to WORSE, Comelec is now anointer of presumed winners
By committing more errors than those recorded in 2010, by making arbitrary and highly-irregular decisions during canvassing, and proclaiming presumed winning candidates prematurely the Commission on Elections (Comelec) has turned the second automated elections from bad to worse – a technology and political disaster. Aside from Comelec’s non-compliance – yet again – of the election [...]
Observation update:The slow aggregation of electronic results
As of 10am, two days after election day, only 69.1618% of the PCOS machines have transmitted results to the Comelec transparency server. The slow aggregation of electronic results confirms reports being sent by our volunteers nationwide to the NAMFREL National Operations Center in Mandaluyong City on the problems experienced in the transmission of results from [...]
Three engagements that citizen voters may participate in on election day #juanvote
Ms. Corazon de la Paz-Bernardo, Chairperson of the National Citizens’ Movement for Free Elections (NAMFREL) urges the Filipino voters to go the extra mile when they vote tomorrow, May 13 by being citizen-observers for a free, honest and orderly elections. The first order of the day for every qualified voter of course is to go [...]
Namfrel Letter to Chairman Brillantes Re Vote Buying
May 09, 2013 The Honorable SIXTO S. BRILLANTES, JR. Chairman Commission on Elections Subject: Vote buying reports received by Namfrel Dear Chairman Brillantes, We are respectfully submitting reports on the abovementioned subject which were received from our different chapters: Albay: Sixty percent of voter respondents (15) who participated in a small survey answered that they [...]
Anti-Epal Intensifies Campaign Through Change Family Political Dynasty #phpoliticaldynasty
Aimed at educating the public on the problems of Philippine politics, the Anti-Epal campaign created a fictional political dynasty led by Rep. Juana Change and the Epaliticians Party List, hailing from the province of Nueva Change Occidental Sur. The Change Family believes in “political destiny, not dynasty.” “Mula pa noong panahon ng himagsikan laban sa [...]
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Japan’s Historical Idiocy and Moral Depravity
I refer to the utterly controversial and extremely immoral remarks reportedly made by Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto with regard to the comfort women. I overwhelmingly concur with the statement of Attorney Harry L. Roque, Jr. that: “The Philippine government should formally lodge a diplomatic protest with the Japanese government against the statement by Osaka Mayor [...]