Opposition to the planned revolutionary government

Via email: publicaffairs.dnd@gmail.com


November 13, 2017




The Honorable
Delfin N. Lorenzana
Secretary
Department of National Defense
DND Building, Segundo Ave.
Camp Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo, Quezon City

Re: Opposition to the revolutionary government initiated by president Duterte

Dear Secretary Lorenzana,

I express in the strongest possible terms the plan by president Duterte and his administration to declare a revolutionary government. This would be unconstitutional.

The president took this oath, “I,... do solemnly swear that I will faithfully and conscientiously fulfill my duties as President of the Philippines, preserve and defend its Constitution, execute its laws, do justice to every man, and consecrate myself to the service of the Nation. So help me God.”

If and when he declares a revolutionary government, he would have violated this solemn oath. He would have also disregarded the electoral process that had brought him to his current position.

We appeal to your office and to the Armed Forces of the Philippines to stay committed to defend the Constitution, and defend the nation from the rogue plans of this government.

Very respectfully yours,



(SIGNED)
Telibert Laoc
Mandaluyong City
telibert@namfrel.com.ph

Incomplete reporting by the Comelec

At this link you will find the National Board of Canvassers' resolution 10-13 of June 5, 2013 officially proclaiming the results of the senatorial race: http://www.comelec.gov.ph/uploads/Elections/2013natloc/res/nboc_res_001013.pdf

A few questions begged to be asked:

1.  How many established and clustered precincts did these results come from?

2.  What is the total number of voters who voted?

3.  Of this number (in 2), how many voted for senators?

4.  What is the average number of candidates voted?

5.  How many over-voted for senators?

6.  How many ballots were spoiled or uncounted (this is referred to as a spoiled ballot rate)?

In this day and age of technology and electronics in elections, the figures would certainly help:

1) enhance the credibility of the election by making the results audit-able;

2) inform the political parties, candidates, academe, and voter outreach programs about how might voters view the candidates and why voters do not (historically) vote for 12 senators; and

3) guide candidates who wish to lodge a protest if results could be overturned if over-voted, blank votes or undervoted, and rejected or spoiled ballots are reviewed.

For the May polls, there were 52,014,846 [http://bit.ly/ZEd52D, Comelec] voters, and 39,898,992 voted (turnout of 75.72 percent) [http://bit.ly/15W1D7D, Rappler]. The Comelec tallied the total valid votes  for senators at 298,625,797. So the fill up rate is 7.6.

How would all the other contests -- party-list, district representatives to Congress, provincial governors, vice-governors, provincial councilors, mayors, vice-mayors, and local councilors -- look like if all the figures above were reported alongside the results of the voting?

Comelec is remiss in their duty in reporting election results.  Seriously, I think the Comelec needs to just be serious about their work.  What do you think?

Report on the Conduct of the Random Manual Audit

Below is an excerpt from the full report, which is viewable from this link:  http://bit.ly/YR6XoY

On page 7:

Some Questions for the Comelec and Smartmatic

What could explain these error rates?  What possible underlying root causes might   explain these?  How should the candidates and political parties interpret these discrepancies?  How are the various RMA results consolidated? If a variance of 16.67 percent, similar to the one in this RMA, is noted in the 2013 polls, say in the senatorial position, what would the Comelec and Smartmatic do?

How are checks made on the canvassing process?  How will the public or candidates and parties know if the canvass results are accurate?  How should the audit of the canvassing results look like?

Discrepancy Between AES and RMA

Section 13 of the G.I. BEI states that “In the event of  discrepancy between the AES and RMA results still exceeds the allowable margin of ten (10) votes per  candidate per position (emphasis supplied), the RMA committee shall...”.

What does “allowable margin” mean? What is the basis for the “10 votes per candidate per position”?