Vice President Leni Robredo on Sunday said the Commission on Elections (Comelec) should be held responsible for the problems encountered in mid-term elections, saying the problems experienced by voters were unacceptable.
It can be recalled that many vote counting machines and SD cards malfunctioned during election day. Even former vice president Jojo Binay experienced difficulty voting as the VCM at his designated precinct was bogged down.
“Dapat sana, pabawas nang pabawas ang problema pero kapag tiningnan natin ang statistics ay mas dumami ang problema ngayon. Halimbawa ‘yung mga nasirang VCMs parang noong nakaraang eleksyon yata ay 200 plus lang eh ngayon 900 plus ang nasira. Imbes nang paunti, padami nang padami. ‘Yung SD cards naman na nasira nasa 1, 600 plus ,” Robredo said over her radio program at RMN-DZXL 558KHZ.
Meanwhile, she cautioned the public against concluding that cheating transpired during the mid-term polls. “Maraming mga kwestyon tungkol sa mga nangyari noong eleksyon. Para sa akin, eh, huwag tayo padalosdalos sa pagaakusa. Pero at the same time, hinigingi rin natin sa Comelec na maging transparent at maeksplika lahat ng mga nangyari. Kasi hanggang hindi naeeksplika nang maayas, ang duda ay parating nandyan ,” she said.
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