Hostaged by a broken electoral systemBy ANTONIO CONTRERAShome/Opinion/Op-Ed Columns/Hostaged by a broken electoral systemIT behooves us to ask if in the entire history of our Republic, and in the many cases of successful election protests, there was ever one person sent to jail or penalized for committing election fraud. We have already automated our election system, and yet the system of processing protests has not changed. The electoral tribunals and the courts would keep on focusing on recounting the physical ballots, because doing otherwise would mean admitting that there was a failure in the electoral process. In the end, we are now all held hostage by a broken electoral system, one that nevertheless worked for those who availed of election fraud service providers, and those who may have indirectly benefited from them. It is also the same broken electoral system that will most likely work for those who will once again avail of the services of these fraud service providers in the coming mid-term elections.

Source: Manila Times January 30, 2019 17:48 UTC