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Abs Damahan

Losing Candidates must accept the decision of the voters

Post election is over Senators, member of House of Representatives and including local officials have been proclaimed by the COMELEC except the new president and vice-president to be proclaimed soon upon the completion of canvassing by the joint of the National Board of Canvassers still ongoing in the House of Congress.

The losing candidates must accept the reality, they are really the losers not by fraud, but it comes from votes cast by the electorates in that recent 1st poll automated election. By mere observation of the election conduct and by facts, that the alleged massive of election frauds is not convince me. The truth, when Makati Representative Teodoro ‘Tedy Boy’ Locsin, House Committee on Electoral Reforms and Suffrage conduct an investigation, it proof of no substantial evidences presented in that said hearing. I recall when Congresswomen Susano of Quezon City stands in the Aisles of Congress with her compact Flash Card; she alleged that somebody gave this Flash disc to her without mentioning names. Smartmatic official replied and answered the allegations of the Congresswoman.  Where did you get that Flash Card suppose you are not authorized to have that card its illegal under the Omnibus election laws?  It’s only the COMELEC and Smartmatic-TIM who are authorized to keep those Flash Cards.

In the next hearing Information Technology (IT) from the Smartmatic-TIM presented to the Committee insert the Flash Card into PCOS Machines, but it comes out is unreadable card highly protected and encrypted card could not easily manipulated by unauthorized persons.

In the pursuing of conduct of an investigation, the Committee together with Congressmen Susano went to Cabuyao Laguna were the Warehouse of PCOS machines stockpiles and retests the 100 percents accuracy of PCOS Machines it found out perfect results and fully functions. But, however Congresswomen Susano the complainant refused to join the hearing and return back home without any valid explanation or reasons.

As I have said in my previous column that any kinds of data machines used whether PC or PCOS or whatever electronic gadgets still on the process of “garbage in and garbage out” in Tagalog kung ano isubo mo yon din ang lumalabas. But I still presumed, if ever, there will be massive frauds it comes from the Precinct level not in counting processes. Maybe, these are controlled by election operators of the respective candidates by delaying tactics and votes buying. But, it hard to prove for election protest,  whatever Official Ballots inserted to PCOS Machines are 100 percents counted of no doubt.

By experienced in casting my sacred vote upon marking the Official Ballot handed out to me by the Board of Election Inspectors (BEI) then, return back and inserted to PCOS Machines with the output screen notice words “CONGRATULATION” it means my vote is successfully counted by the PCOS Machine. Therefore, it’s improbable my vote was not counted by the Machine. So in my final assumption all secured Official Ballots entered into the Machines are 100 percents counted except the spoiled Ballots which are not legibly marked by the voters.

For the losing candidates’ better lucks next time, anyway is only six years to wait for the positions of president, vice-president and senators. The positions of House Representative and local officials are only good enough for three years. Let’s make sacrifice for the meantime and waiting until such time election fever comes in the next season again.

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