Can we have unwasted 2016 elections? - Philippine Star
With the 2016 elections just around the corner, who can be sure of clean elections, of our candidates’ votes being honestly counted. Comelec chairman Andy Bautista has been making the rounds of newspaper offices and other institutions to convince people that there is hope for a better future with the Comelec’s decision to lease new Smartmatic optical mark readers (OMRs) at P7.... Former senator and Philippine Red Cross chairman and CEO Richard “Dick” Gordon answers all three questions with a resounding “no. ”. In a conversation I had (which I taped) with him, he said, “With the way the Supreme Court has been sitting on the... “If we, you, and our people, do not act now and force the Comelec to fully and properly implement the automated election system, we just have to accept the fact that we will be again hoodwinked in 2016. ”. As the reader will note, I am focusing on... DMT: As the author of Republic Act 9369 or the Amended Automated Elections Systems Law, how would you assess the implementation of the Comelec on the law in the two previous automated elections that were held. Source: www.philstar.com
