The Philippine national election on 2010 is just around the corner. Even at this early, you can hear the buzz of election issues hovering over the news daily. At this early, various election frauds have been the complaints of some politicians, thinking they are outsmarted by their political foes. You can hear politicians in the TV doing some commercials and some even have their faces painted on large billboard. But still they claim its all business, for charity, etc., and nothing is related for the 2010 polls.
Black propaganda against each other has already started. Scams are uncovered, even those that are nth years ago they are just unearthed recently, legal issues are raised, and even some personal attacks are now heard all over the news. You can see some politicians jumping from one party to another, coalitions being formed, some kiss-and-make, and some just started their word wars.
These issues however, are just part of the "history repeating itself". Everytime election comes you will be bombarded with such noise that many ordinary citizens didn't even bother to listen anymore. Its an ordinary thing that happens just like the fantaseryes/telenovelas they watch in their TV sets everyday. Same faces, same issues, nothing new.
What is maybe new however, is the computerization of the elections (I hope it will be implemented in the 2010 national elections). At least, post-election maneuvers of the so called Garci boys will be minimized (it won't be eliminated anyway). This will be a big development for the elections if ever the computerization will be implemented. We saw the ARMM elections with the machines and proved to be effective. Anyway some glitches were encountered but with those experiences, remedies can be provided then by 2010.
Uncooperative machines (some were reportedly over-heated, some didn't worked at all), flying voters, harrassments and the like are just few of the incidents that marred the ARMM elections. The counting however, took only a day or two which previously took months to finish. Over-all, the elections in ARMM was successful with the aid of the machines.
If these machines are used on the 2010 elections, it would be far better than the past elections. But expect the inevitable, our politician crooks are now on the round table doing some brain storming, or even already found some holes, on how to get into the system and again manipulate the election results. And if the Garci boys will find their way again, then just shrug your shoulder and say
"It's just the way it used to be... Election - the Filipino way...".
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