On The Correct Path

They are now counting the votes in Congress. The national board of canvassers has decided to do their constitutional function to count the votes in the last elections so that a new President and Vice-President can be proclaimed before Independence Day, which is June 12. This is also in preparation for the change of leadership procedure which will take effect at noontime of June 30, when President Arroyo leaves office.
President-apparent Noynoy Aquino decided to reject a proposed walk-over of Malacanang as suggested by the Arroyo transition team. His reasoning is simple. He has not been proclaimed yet by Congress.
All the wranglings about digital signatures, alleged fraud, cheating and manipulations of the May 10 polls, and authentications of certificates of canvass in the provinces have finally shut down. This is a high-class act of joint Houses of Congress and definitely is good for the nation.
More representatives of the diplomatic community have trooped to the Times Street residence of Noynoy Aquino to congratulate him and to express the cooperation of their respective governments to his administration. Of course, this should not preclude the fact that Congress still has to canvass the votes and officially declare the winners in the two highest seats of the land.
However, it should be pointed that the trend of events of recent days augurs well for the future of this nation. It has expressed its will on who should lead the country for the next six years and the joint public session of Congress is now doing its function to count the votes and proclaim the winners on the scheduled date.
Foreign countries will express amazement on the conduct of Filipinos when it comes to choosing their leaders. The Filipino people have decided to choose the path of automation and technology to choose their elective leaders in the hope that it will shorten the time to check the results as well as deter any cheating. And with more fine tuning of the automation process, the decision to poll automation must be a sensible move.