Fishy Elections

I always thought something fishy was going on when the poll automation bidding started a few months ago. One by one, the bidders were disqualified for a variety of reasons, leaving only one bidder as the default winner.

I suspected some people would do anything, go to great lengths to jeopardize the poll automation so we can maintain the status quo and conduct the elections manually. Manual counting of votes, as has been demonstrated in the past, is great for cheating.

Well what do you know, the Pinoy partner of the winning bidder backed out of the partnership after they've been awarded the contract. Something's really not right here. I mean the parties involved in Smartmatic should've ironed out their differences long before they forged their partnership. The Pinoy partner suddenly demanded amendments to their agreement after the Comelec gave them the deal. tsk tsk tsk

Your guess is as good as mine. The deal is worth billions. For the Pinoy partner to jeopardize the whole elections after they've been awarded the contract, he must have been offered a juicier deal. Who do you think has the resources to scare the guy and pay him off? It's all speculation, I know. But who do you think is the main beneficiary of manual elections?

This is embarrassing. I still can't understand why it is so difficult to implement poll automation in the age of high-speed computers and digital technology. We still can't get our acts together.

Gloria shouldn't rejoice just yet. If her administration wins in next year elections, the results will never be credible because people will think that she and her administration rigged the elections. In fact, it's quite possible that she will do anything to stay in power, from the Con-ass and changing the Constitution, to running for Congress so she could be Prime Minister, the possibilities for the power-hungry incumbent are endless.

She has done it before, there's absolutely no reason why she wouldn't do it again. She has developed a Marcos syndrome. She obviously has this illusion that it is her and her family's duty to rule the Philippines.

The road for cheating in next year's elections has now been paved.

UPDATE: The two parties have reportedly come to an agreement and the poll automation is expected to push through, hopefully.