CRISIS OF SOVEREIGNTY SERIES 01
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Now that Noynoy Aquino and Jejomar Binay have been proclaimed and the adrenalin of the yellow forces
have somewhat simmered, this posting begins the real moment of truth regarding the crisis of sovereignty
in the Philippines.
Garci noon, e-Garci naman ngayon?
Hackers dangerously compromise integrity of 2010 elections
A Statement for the Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Association (ARBA) for the Solidarity for Sovereignty
People’s Congress, Club Filipino, June 3, 2010, by ARBA Spokesperson Ado Paglinawan
Even before the euphoria for an apparent success of the country’s first automated elections could start,
Nicky Perlas of the Green Party took exception to the slew of conceding candidates began by Manny Villar of
the Nacionalista Party. The reason was simple - Perlas was the first to get wind of another grand design to
frustrate the people’s will, this time however electronically, fast and rapid but fraught with fraud.
The first one he spoke to was JC de los Reyes of the Ang Kapatiran Party, who immediately revoked his
concession less than 24 hours from announcing it. Reyes told media on May 12, “In as much as I need to
honor my word as I conceded the elections for goodwill, we have factual data on hand which unfolded after
my concession indicating conclusive irregularities in the numbers. If I do not speak against these new
findings, then my party’s integrity as well as my own, will be at risk.”
This was followed by the announcement of former President Joseph Estrada that he was not conceding the
elections because he has proof of widespread fraud: “It’s very easy to accept defeat, but we need to know
the truth first. What we are trying to avoid is to have an electronically-determined President.”
Presidential candidate Jamby Madrigal then joined Perlas and de los Reyes, while Bangon Pilipinas
tandem Eddie Villanueva and Jun Yasay began their parallel factfinding, as the seriousness of the issue
escalated with the following developments:
First, the Mar Roxas camp of the Liberal Party kept on accusing his opponent Jejomar Binay, Erap’s running
mate, of staging black operations in the provinces to massage his lead in cahoots with Comelec officials.
Second, the emergence of a masked whistleblower now tagged as a “Koala Bear”, making allegations in a
CBCP Forum that he was one of seven operators tasked in a nationwide vote-rigging operations.
Third, a significant number of losing candidates has surfaced creating a steady momentum of testimonies
that they were approached by agents peddling “fraud” packages padding or protecting their votes in
exchange for money.
Fourth, a supposed tape of an alleged conversation between Interior Secretary Ronaldo Puno and Comelec
Commissioner Nicodemo Ferrer discussing election fraud has surfaced in the internet.
Fifth, definitely, the server that Smartmatic has provided Congress, precisely for use in the national canvass,
has been reported to have already received transmissions good for more than 250 million voters, five times
over our nationally-registered number of voters.
Taken together, the foregoing presents a spectre of massive and systematic fraud.
On the national front, no less than Erap himself found it unbelievable that he would lose in his own
hometown San Juan, while the rest of his family running for mayor, congressman and senator posted
unchallenged winning numbers. The former president also lost substantially in the province of Laguna,
where his nephew Emilio Ejercito won by a landslide.
In the midst of all this, the Liberal Party whose presidential candidate Noynoy Aquino is leading in the
unofficial count, has alleged that there are plans by unnamed parties to derail the presidential proclamation.
Aquino has asked Congress to rush canvass and proclamation of the president and vice-president, even as
it has stood by Mar Roxas, its own vice-presidential candidate’s allegations that organized manipulation of
the canvass of his votes are being done by Partido ng Masang Pilipino’s Jejomar Binay.
LP and the yellow forces, together its media patrons ABS-CBN, Philippine Daily Inquirer and Philippine Star,
also launched surgical public relations asking foreign governments led by the United States, Spain, China,
Australia and the European Union to signal their “recognition” of the victory of Aquino. As we speak, Noynoy
could be the first Philippine president proclaimed by the Embassy Row.
It was not only premature and a violation of diplomatic protocol of foreign leaders and diplomats to be
congratulating Aquino when the Philippine Congress still has to canvass the votes and proclaim the winners
of the presidential and vice presidential elections. It is a brazen affront to our nationwide sovereignty. TO BE
CONTINUED
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