Unbelievable!!!

The word to describe it is "unbelievable". During its latest press conference heard and watched by Filipinos nationwide and even around the world through satellite, the COMELEC and Smartmatic officials were telling the media people that the malfunctioning memory cards inside the PCOS machines were caused by "human error". Can you believe that? Weren't these memory cards and the
PCOS machines subjected to rigorous quality control inspections, tested and re-tested in the production line before they were certified as ready for use in the May 10 polls? A riled Angelo Reyes, the former Energy secretary who was once a chief of staff of the AFP under President Estrada and who is now running for public office through partylist, raised his voice in the said press conference to demand an investigation, hinting that it was not a simple "human glitch" that caused the PCOS voting machines to malfunction during a recent test run. One should ask now, although it is still premature, if there is a plot to program the failure of the May 10 polls so that instead of electing new set of leaders, chaos and confusion will reign during and after the voting day. From Day 1 until the last test run of the voting machines, it appears that the COMELEC kept on a facade of confidence and calm, dispelling rumors and apprehensions from the various civil society groups and the general public that something sinister is afoot to cause the first automated polls in the country to fail. And now the race against the clock to correct the "human error" as well as the new faced-saving measure being launched to regain the confidence of the voters and the candidates on the trustworthiness of the voting machines has begun. And it would appear, from the many questions and suggestions that the COMELEC and Smartmatic have halfheartedly addressed or even failed to address from concerned sectors of society, that there is a slim chance that the COMELEC can have a complaint-free and glitch-free election day. From being the first country in the world to switch directly from manual to automated polls, the Philippines might instead become another Thailand where the people have questioned the authority of its leaders and strongly exercised their right to protest for a better government.