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Comelec Chairman Sixto Brillantes says he is willing to resign—should his critics be able to prove there were errors in the results of the 2010 and 2013 automated elections.

Brillantes was asked about calls by the AESWATCH for him to resign amid problems in the automated elections last week. “na naman? hindi ako magreresign pag sila magpaparesign sakin im not threatening them they have been undermining elections for last 4 years its about time they explain  themselves  I want to see evidence to show may maling resulta  in 2010 and 2013 if they can prove it ill probably think about resigning but its not because of them but there was something wrong.”

as this developed, the poll chief said he is now verifying reports of corrupted compact flash cards which led to the failure of some pcos machines to transmit results. “wala pakong natatanggap na official  report pero palagay ko meron

may cf card na sira di ko alam kong naturally or deliberately corrupted

definitely it can be, defective yung ibang cf card meron din mga sinira or nasira sinira ng tao sinasawsaw sa tubig nilulubog sa tinta scratchin di ko alam di ako marunong eh kung ako ayoko lumabas resulta ng pcos sisirain ko cf card para walang maitransmit chinecheck pa naming.

Brillantes recalled that in 2010, there were also some problems with cf cards.

“nung 2010 kokonti di pa nila naintidhan signfinnace ng cf card ngayon everybody talking about cf card yung nagkwento pwede galawin cf card yun sinasbai ng mga tao gusto magfailure of election ganun pala pwede nakawin hijack sirain”

Brillantes says they will prosecute those who destroyed cf cards, noting it is an election offence. “kahit sino siya kung sinira mo cf card that’s destorying an election paraphernalia  which is signficant and important it will fall under election offense definitely para mong sinira election document.”

Brillantes added he hasn’t seen any reports about discrepancies in the results.

This after reports that the data from the final testing and sealing were transmitted instead of the actual results.  “nung 2010 fts din a dapat mangyari fts nasolve na naming prublemang iyon din a dapat mangyari yun nagtataka ko possible more very improbable”

the poll chief also is looking into reports over social media over a pattern of votes that supposedly went to the major parties in the senatorial race.

 

POSTSCRIPT

The Commission on elections may proclaim the winning party list groups of the just concluded midterm election within this week.

Comelec Chairman Sixto Brillantes says the poll body, sitting as the national board of canvassers is still canvassing votes and computing the percentages of the votes received by each group. “possible tomorrow or thrusday or Friday at worse”

the supreme court in a 2009 ruling said that party list groups with at least 2% of votes cast for party list get one guaranteed seat from the total number of congressional seats allocated to the party list.

PREPARED

Comelec Chairman Sixto Brillantes says the poll body can manage the October 2013 barangay elections should his call for it to be postponed not prosper.

This after President Aquino thumbed down the proposal. ”kung tototoo may statement di niya gusto postpone  we just have to prepare for it.”

the barangay elections are manual.

Brillantes maintained there is nothing illegal or unconstitutional about his proposal for a postponement, since the dates of barangay elections and the terms of office of the barangays are acts of congress.

“ang nagfix ng period of election  sa barangay  batas. maliwanag eh ang fix ng term ng barangay ay law the law can be amended how can it be uncosntitutional

di gaya ng national local election nakafix sa constitution  first Monday of may di natin pwede baguhin by law brgy term was fixed by law . therefore congress can fix it di naman pwedeng mapostpone elections lalo na kung nakalagay sa constitution eto di nakalagay sa constitution  its upto legislature  and the president if president doesn’t  like it, he can always veto it”

Brillantes however maintained it is better to postpone the village elections to allow the poll body to avoid expenses, to  address the electoral protests that may come after the just concluded midterm elections, as well as preparations for the 2016 presidential elections. one of this, he said, is convening the joint congressional oversight committee on the automated elections. “ ako sinasabi ko mas maganda postpone

pero kung pipilitin kayanin, kung di mapostpone talagang kakayanin naming

oo naman ginawa na nila we have so many things to attend to more impt than brgy magkakaprotesta gusto naming ayusin for 2016 we’d like to meet jcoc so we can rectify some errors.”

Brillantes clarified that should the polls be posptponed, this doesn’t mean the terms of the village officials will have to be extended as the chief executive can always appoint officers in charge, “di ko naman sinasabing sila pa rin uupo

pwede postpone at appoint si presidente di ko sinasabi matapos term  walang holdover magappiint si presidente mas gusto ko pa yun”