they said that Binay cheated

@mimiang (3760)
Philippines
May 18, 2010 7:24am CST
ABS CBN news produced a witness who allegedly asked candidates to give him money to cheat the results of the machine used for the counting of votes. They said that they could easily manipulate the machine. They approached Manny Villar, but he did not take heed.It was allegedly Jejomar Binay who took their bait. They distributed votes for Noynoy also because Binay could tell them who among the presidential candidates did he want to help. I feel that is just one of the ways of people to destroy someone's image. The COMELEC should investigate on the motives of the said people in going out in the open. They should also investigate it too if we are also cheated in teh elections. It is us, the voters, who they were cheating on because we have cast our votes with good intentions.
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15 responses
• Philippines
18 May 10
Hello Mimiang, Hmmmm. the same method of producing witness that they produced about destroying the crdibility of GMA by accusing them the rival network paying household 10 dollars worth of groceries just to watch GMA 7. they knew binay is winning so they wanna pick up any news and spice it up, even though the Evidence is not clear. anything to discredit binay ang uplift Roxas My mind is set already that ABS is an editorialized news. as for me, they just lost credibility.
@SeishiroX (1093)
• Philippines
11 Dec 22
Do you still think the same about ABS-CBN after the 2016 elections? Because I am now convinced that they are editorialized
@mimiang (3760)
• Philippines
20 May 10
I just wonder why witnesses go to a TV station instead of going to authorities like COMELEC who has the hand in investigating frauds
@ajarvaise (453)
• Philippines
18 May 10
I believe there are always two sides of the coin and that if there is a smoke, there is a fire. The COMELEC should investigate this allegation. I was also wondering how Binay topped the the vice-presidency, but looking back at his track record, it seems he has done many good things for the people especially for the Makati residents. Perhaps their votes helped him and perhaps not. We still don't know for sure so it's best to conduct an open investigation about this and the person the ABS CBN produced as a witness for this should face the media and the court. I don't know if it's just black propaganda against Binay or Noynoy. Let's just wait and see what happens next...
@mimiang (3760)
• Philippines
20 May 10
I think the comelec should investigate although I believe that Binay's credibility rose when he told that the has done a lot of thiongs in Makati
@chiyosan (30184)
• Philippines
19 May 10
i think this is just a malicious intention. I mean, why would villar not want to win, if he could? ha ha with all the money he brought out for his campaign, im sure if offered a chance like this, he would also take it. I think they are just trying to prove something and is trying to destroy the decision of the people in favor of binay's We have to look at the credential of the people who claims such and what their intentions may be? are they part of the technical team of smart-matic? are they even members of the governement bodies who can get close to the ballots and flashcards for them to be able to manipulate results?
@xtedaxcvg (3189)
• Philippines
18 May 10
This is not a surprise for me since there will always be people who will do whatever it takes to get an advantage. I guess we should learn from this by solidifying our election system and reinforcing our resources. I think this can be countered by just opening the ballots and counting the votes manually.
@mimiang (3760)
• Philippines
20 May 10
Noynoy I think should have a choice to whom he should pledged his position
@SeishiroX (1093)
• Philippines
19 May 10
GMA News also reported this, by the way. Well, my view of this recent development is that it is just a ploy to discredit the automated elections as well as a move by the losing candidates to discredit those that have reached the top spot in the Presidential elections. Had this been true, I wouldn't be surprised though.
@ybong007 (6643)
• Philippines
19 May 10
Based on the surveys, Binay is not on top of the surveys during campaign period and now this. Not unless we take into consideration cheez's endorsement. Binay was also very sure that he'll win that he made a statement that the only way he could lose the elections is if he is cheated. Is there a connection? The accusations of the witness is very serious this could make or break the credicility of the whole automation process as far as the election is concerned. I hope they can resolve the issue and let heads roll if needed because it's very easy for people to make this a political issue and the moment people look at it as something politically motivated all will lose interest and will turn apathetic.
@rsa101 (37933)
• Philippines
18 May 10
The allegations are very serious indeed. The sudden rise of Binay is also very surprising that Binay got to the top. The surveys were not expecting it to be like that even though they cannot be relied on at this point in time. On the other hand, they can easily point on Binay because he is the one leading the counts and the could taint the results with their scandal. This should be investigated, because if proven to be true then at least we can be prepared next time and the politicians that put their trust to these person should be stopped at all cost.
• Philippines
19 May 10
Cheated the machine?? in what way? people just tend to say things like this because in the first place they have been losing in the polls. The reason why we have automated election is to get things easier and cheat free. COMELEC should be the one to investigate if someone says they can manipulate the machines. About Binay, well sorry to say but they just can't accept the fact that he is winning in the Vice Presidentiables. If you would ask me, I voted for him and most of my neighbors in Makati and even my relatives in Baguio and Laguna, most of them voted for Binay. I would never believe how much they said something bad about him because it was really us in Makati who can see the improvements he has done in our city, even if he has been back stabbed by his best friend. This is my own opinion, i respect other peoples opinion here. I am just sharing mine, peace to all.
@jamed28 (1903)
• Philippines
19 May 10
Well they have to investigate for it first. But the idea is that that witness claim that he expose that conspiracy just because those candidates that they help to win the election DID NOT pay them. And for that he is the star witness. That's too bad.
@mspitot (3824)
• Philippines
19 May 10
we know how dirty our politics is so it's not surprising that issues like that show. i think it just came up to ruin binay. are we sure that it is true? or didn't most of politicians buy votes? i hope that the truth to come and punish the people who should be punished. politicians should also accept who the people voted for and help each other instead of fighting each other.
@evepin (721)
• Philippines
18 May 10
much as i hate to spoil our praise at our recent automated elections, this news really watered down my hopes of a clean elections. and i'm not really surprised about binay. i was actually surprised that he was leading. nevertheless, where there is smoke there is fire, so i really really hope the Comelec will investigate this further. we dont want a cheating high official, not this time at least. we need to move forward and lets hope that the new admin will prove to us that there really is hope for our country.
• Philippines
19 May 10
Proper investigation should take place. Everyone is entitled for a good election and now it was not as clean that everyone expected to be. But, we must not judge Binay that the allegedly manipulation is credited to him. The COMELEC hav ethe power and they must solved this issue because the people will suffer.
@juggerogre (1653)
• Philippines
18 May 10
I also do not believe everything that he said. Why can't the losers just accept that they lose and just support the winners? Without a hard evidence or proof that they can easily manipulate the election result then all I can say is this man is a con.
@elvieb02 (695)
• Philippines
18 May 10
I agree on you! if this is true, then we just wasted millions of money on buying that machine.. shame on us :-(
@chiwasaki (4694)
• Philippines
18 May 10
I'm not really sure about that but I'm not convince that someone like Binay would advocate cheating. Binay himself do not need to cheat. Why would he? When everyone knows that he has a good chance in winning. He has a very good track record and why he would just put it into waste? Those witnesses are not only destroying the image of one of the most recognize mayor in the whole world, but they are smearing the credibility of the Comelec itself. I agree with you that they should investigate the motives of those people. This issue may be true or not, but it is an issue that will not make you happy, nor will not make proud.