Press Release
March 12, 2009

Statement on allegations of computerized cheating

Throwing criticisms left and right as well as skepticism on the move to computerize the 2010 elections will do no good for the country's electoral system. Filipinos are all calling and looking forward to a peaceful, honest and credible conduct of the elections, but, the way some people talk right now, I don't think they are one with our desire.

We in Congress, the Comelec and those who were once part of the poll body should work together and help make this vision possible instead of casting doubt and finding fault with poll automation.

The issue of poll automation had undergone a series of hearings, discussions and intense debate by Congress to ensure that the election automation law had safeguards to prevent hacking of the computer system and the precinct optical counting scan which the Comelec opted to use for the May 2010 polls.

As a former Comelec chairman, Atty. Christian Monsod knows that our primitive electoral system is not only prone to cheating and delay the transmittal and announcement of the results that surely endangered the lives of our teachers and poll officials.

We need to keep up with the times and modernize our election system as the soonest possible time. Otherwise, we will always stagnate and remain in a backward state.

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