By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – Netizens poured their sentiments on social media hours after the release of partial and unofficial results of this year’s automated elections. #HalalanDayaan2019 trended on Twitter as many have questioned the integrity of the elections. While some said they got depressed and others wanting to migrate, there are…
Public school teachers under Alliance of Concerned Teachers give Comelec a failing grade for the problematic elections. (Photo by Anne Marxze D. Umil/Bulatlat) “Not only did they have to be resourceful in troubleshooting the machines and in exhausting all possible means to ensure that the voting process continues immediately, but they also had to endure…
“How can I concede to a rotten electoral exercise that has basically deceived, bribed, intimidated and manipulated our people into electing the worst kinds of leaders imaginable? I cannot,” he said.
There is no question Duterte’s tiresome habit of spewing personal insults is intended to intimidate his targets into silence or submission.
The partial and unofficial results in senatorial votes have yielded sentiments that Filipino voters are “bobotante,” a portmanteau of idiot and voter. The dismay in unofficial elections results has even led to a spike in Google Trends of Filipinos searching for the term “migrate”. However, pinning the blame on poor Filipino voters is a lazy…
Nais nila na managot ang COMELEC dahil sa kapalpakan nito sa pangangasiwa ng eleksyon. Hinayaan din umano nito na makapamayagpag ang administrasyon at magbuhos ng rekurso ng taumbayan para manalo lalo na sa Senado.
The Davao City Board of Canvassers on Tuesday proclaimed the winning candidates for representatives in the second and third districts here while waiting for the complete transmittal of voting results from the first district.
Members of people’s organizations stage a protest in front of Comelec a day after the elections. (Photo by Kenneth Guda/ Pinoy Weekly) By VINZ SIMON* Bulatlat.com A treachery of the grandest order now unfolds as the election precincts closed yesterday – the Comelec’s transparency server has repeatedly held up and a dubious pattern has emerged…