News Release
July 21, 2010
The anti-fraud and election monitoring group Kontra Daya today denounced the Commission on Elections (Comelec) en banc decision allowing Juan Miguel “Mikey” Arroyo, son of former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, to sit in Congress as representative of Ang Galing Pinoy Partylist (AGP).
Shortly before the elections, the party-list group Bayan Muna and then senatorial [...]

Press Statement
July 10, 2010

Kontra Daya welcomes the decision of the Commission on Elections First Division granting the petition to disqualify the nominees of Ang Kasangga Partylist Teodorico Haresco and Eugenio Jose Lacson. The petition was filed by members of Kontra Daya including Bayan secretary general Renato Reyes, Jr. ACT vice-chair Benjie Valbuena, Courage chair Ferdie Gaite, Migrante chair Gary Martinez, Anakbayan chair Ken Ramos and SCMP chair Ma. Cristina Guevarra last March 31. The petitioners were represented by Atty. Julius Matibag of the National Union of People’s Lawyers.

The country’s first automated national polls in Luzon were characterized by widespread cases of malfunctioning precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines and long queues at polling precincts. In many polling centers, elections have been delayed due to such technical glitches, aggravated by slow and poorly organized voting procedures, Board of Election Inspectors (BEI) members still familiarizing with the automated system, and IT consultants lacking skills. In some areas, problems were aggravated by power failure.

The country’s first automated national polls were characterized by widespread cases of malfunctioning precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines and long queues at polling precincts. In many polling centers, elections have been delayed due to such technical glitches, aggravated by slow and poorly organized voting procedures, Board of Election Inspectors (BEI) members still familiarizing with the automated system, and IT consultants lacking skills. In some areas, problems were aggravated by power failure. There were also reports of poll-related violence in several areas, mostly in Luzon and Mindanao.

The first five hours of country’s first automated national elections have been characterized by delayed voting, slow and poorly organized voting system, and widespread PCOS machine malfunction. There were also sporadic reports of cases of poll-related violence in several areas.

Mahal naming Kababayan,

Mayo 10 ang araw ng eleksyon. Ang Kontra Daya ay nananawagan sa iyo na maging bahagi ng sama-samang pagbabantay sa araw na ito. Mahalagang maging handa tayo sa mga problemang maaaring iresulta ng kauna-unahang Automated Elections sa kasaysayan ng bansa. Maraming kahinaan ang sistemang ito dahil sa kakulangan ng paghahanda ng Comelec. Dagdag pang problema ang pagpipilit ng administrasyon Arroyo na manatili sa poder sa pamamagitan ng iba’t ibang maruruming paraan.

Kabilang na sa mga maniobra ay ang palpak na paghahanda sa automated elections, pagtakbo ni GMA bilang kinatawan sa Pampanga, paggamit ng partylist system ng mga alyado ni GMA, paggamit sa AFP at paggamit ng mga pera at rekurso ng gobyerno pabor sa administrasyon at mga kandidato nito.

Ang pinakamabisang pangontra sa dayaan at ‘failure of elections’ ay ang mulat, handa at mapagbantay na mamamayan.

Sa araw ng eleksyon, nananawagan kami sa inyo na maging bahagi ng mga nagbabantay kontra sa dayaan at failure of elections. Kung may nakita kayong anumang insidente ng dayaan, problema sa botohan, karahasan at iba pang insidente, ipagbigay-alam agad sa 0921-2953004 at 0915-2332413 o kaya’y sumulat sa kontradaya@gmail.com.

Bisitahin din ang website na www.kontradaya.org para malaman ang mga updates sa itinatakbo ng eleksyon sa buong bansa.

Sa kalagayang pumalpak ang halalan, dapat nakahanda tayong kumilos nang sama-sama. Ngayon pa lang, tayo’y sama-samang maghanda at magbantay.

Tara na!

KONTRA DAYA 2010

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In Cebu City, the Mabini [...]

(As of 9:56 AM) Mock polls held by the Comelec today yielded a number of rejected ballots in various precints in Quezon City, Davao City, Taguig City, and Baguio City.
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