2007 polls should be priority -- Gordon
AMID the stepped-up campaign for Charter change, Sen.Richard Gordon said the government should prioritize preparations for the 2007 national and local elections instead of the moveto amend the Constitution.
Gordon, chairman of the Senate Committee on Constitutional Amendments, Revision of Codes and Laws, made the appeal as he urged fellow senators to immediately pass his bill computerizing the electoral process.
"The impending 2007 elections should be the primary focus of our country today.We need to urgently provide for an Automated Electoral System (AES) that eliminates cheating and ensures clean, orderly, honest, peaceful, and credible elections," Gordon said.
He said Senate Bill 2231, already on second reading at the Senate floor, requires partial computerization of elections in 2007 and full computerization by 2010. AES calls for the use of appropriate technology for voting, counting, consolidating, canvassing, transmission of election results, and other electoral processes.
"This will use the best technology available for elections and limit the amount of human handling of the ballots, and thus assure the secrecy and sanctity of the ballots in order that the results of elections shall be fast, accurate and reflective of the genuine will of the people," Gordon said.
He said that "reforming Comelec and the electoral system is a condition sine qua non to Charter change.
"But how can we have a reliable and trustworthy plebiscite when the integrity and credibility of the Comelec is still in question? Thus, Comelec must primarily be strengthened as a vital democratic institution.We must be able to provide our people with an electoral system that is worthy of public trust and confidence," he said. Bernadette E. Tamayo - People's Journal
Gordon, chairman of the Senate Committee on Constitutional Amendments, Revision of Codes and Laws, made the appeal as he urged fellow senators to immediately pass his bill computerizing the electoral process.
"The impending 2007 elections should be the primary focus of our country today.We need to urgently provide for an Automated Electoral System (AES) that eliminates cheating and ensures clean, orderly, honest, peaceful, and credible elections," Gordon said.
He said Senate Bill 2231, already on second reading at the Senate floor, requires partial computerization of elections in 2007 and full computerization by 2010. AES calls for the use of appropriate technology for voting, counting, consolidating, canvassing, transmission of election results, and other electoral processes.
"This will use the best technology available for elections and limit the amount of human handling of the ballots, and thus assure the secrecy and sanctity of the ballots in order that the results of elections shall be fast, accurate and reflective of the genuine will of the people," Gordon said.
He said that "reforming Comelec and the electoral system is a condition sine qua non to Charter change.
"But how can we have a reliable and trustworthy plebiscite when the integrity and credibility of the Comelec is still in question? Thus, Comelec must primarily be strengthened as a vital democratic institution.We must be able to provide our people with an electoral system that is worthy of public trust and confidence," he said. Bernadette E. Tamayo - People's Journal
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