Inside Philippine politics & beyond

Authoritarian Attitudes: Opinion piece on Rodrigo Duterte

Share:
LinkedIn0
Pinterest0

Journalist and @hotmanila webmaster Alan Robles wrote this Opinion piece for the German Development and Cooperation magazine, D+C. It was published online today.

Authoritarian Attitudes

Chains coming?

By Alan C. Robles

Rodrigo Duterte, the president-elect of the Philippines, loves to swear and threaten to kill people. The populist looks set to become a dictator.

dUTERTE---alan-opinion-pc-May-25-16

“We Filipinos need disciplining,” a taxi driver told me a few days after Rodrigo Duterte won the presidential elections. The man the electorate chose to administer the discipline is heavy handed indeed. During his campaign, Duterte often addressed unseen criminals with the words “I will kill you”, vowing to fill the waters of Manila Bay with thousands of corpses.

Decrying the country as riddled with crime and corruption, he used the slogan “change is coming”, which some followers with uncertain English skills phonetically spelled as “chains is coming”. Perhaps they were prescient.

The president-elect has promised a lot, including to:

  • restore the death penalty and hold public hangings,
  • impose a nationwide curfew on minors,
  • have speeding motorists stripped naked,
  • limit families to three children and
  • ban firecrackers.
  • He also plans to ban public smoking, drinking and late-night karaoke sessions. He has pledged to improve internet speed and compels taxi drivers to give exact change.

When he’s sworn in on 30 June, the 71-year old populist former mayor of Davao will be a new kind of president:

  • the first to come from the conflict-torn southern island of Mindanao,
  • the first to invite hard-line Communists into his cabinet,
  • the first to express belligerence towards the Catholic Church (he cursed the Pope and said the Church was full of hypocrites) and
  • the first to be stridently anti-American.

To read the rest, please click on this link.

Comments

  1. And what was the reason why Duterte appointed the corrupt characters during Erap and Gloria Macapal Arroyo ? And all the while he said he will rid of crime and corruption in 6 months or he will retire. How can he get rid of corruption when he just appointed boatloads of them ? And i still have not mentioned the appointments of the reprehensible characters who represented CJ Corona and the Ampatuans. Change? What the ‘F’ is this moron talking about? He is an effing HYPOCRITE himself worse than the CATHOLIC church he criticized.

  2. congratulations to ALL winners!
    esp to DuRO. hope the two enDuRe all!
    winner din sina raissa at alan.
    patok ang book mmlnv!
    yeheeey!

  3. Blog! Blog!

    Raissa and Alan,

    Thank you and congratulations for everything that you do to help and guide our country to its right path. You are God’s gifts to us. Thank you God.

    Both of you have been beacons of hope, shining as bright as you can and as far as you can, just when we need you most. Undoubtedly, your knowledge, wisdom and courage have been important tools that people clutched on to, to ward off selfish and evil forces. Armed with prayers and a wealth of information that you provided, that many dark characters have tried so hard to bury, we were able to wake up those whose memories have faltered and informed those young voters so that we now have one of, but the most important person in the right place–a miraculous feat, I might add.

    One blog, two blogs! Corona and then Marcos = 2 big kalablogs! Lots more things to do, but you have done awesome jobs. I am sure you have more blogging to do.

    Thank you and may God shower you with blessings and protect you from evil forces.

    Cheers and blessings and all the best to all CPMERs.

    • I agree with you Maxima, Allan and Raissa are Gods’ gift to the Filipino people. They are brave heroes of our generation. I hope more selfless and dedicated Filipinos do the same. This FORUM expresses the true thoughts and sentiments of the silent majority although there are paid hacks whom I have come across with now and then. Enough of those flies. KUDOS to Allan and Raissa

      • Likewise KUDOS to the newly appointed DSWD Chief TAGUIWALO for speaking up against Marcos being buried in Libingan ng mga Bayani. Being a UP professor and a victim, of Martial Law herself she is opposed to Duterte’s stand. Mabuhay ka Ms TAGUIWALO. We need more people like you in the government.

  4. dear president elect du30, apply your authoritative power to the MARCOSES to obey or honor their promises to bury FM’s body at once in ilocos. give the MARCOSES your marching order na “patay na iyong tao bakit hindi nyo pa ilibing ayon sa pinagkasunduan?

    baka iyon naman talaga ang libingan ni macoy. ;D

    i copy paste this from Marcoses broke promise to bury FM’s body at once in Ilocos
    12 Rafael M. Alunan III says:
    June 10, 2011 at 11:19 pm
    hello raissa. i was told you called my office earlier. i can confirm what FVR said because he tasked me to talk to Mrs Marcos regarding those three points: fly the remains of the late-President directly to Ilocos Norte because we didn’t want a political spectacle in Metro Manila had he been flown here for obvious peace and order reasons; military honors befitting the rank of major which he held in the USAFFE (full military honors was out of the question given the harsh judgement of history on him here and abroad); and a quick burial there instead of at the Libingan ng mga Bayani which Mrs Marcos wanted or failing that, somewhere in Antipolo where a memorial would be built in his honor. It was a difficult moment for the administration. which was pushing its peace and development agenda, that needed all hands on deck working together towards that goal, after reeling from the disastrous effects of martial rule, the coup attempts during Cory’s incumbency and the brownout years that, combined, set back the country’s socioeconomic development. I need not belabor the point why the Marcos agenda was unacceptable.

    • Ano ba naman? Patay na isinusungaling pa! Can today’s Supreme Court be called upon to intervene? Puwede pang gawing exhibit “a” ang kasunduan! Kaya lang, signed in wax yata. After all, he is not a hero, not by any means.

      On another note, talagang masama ang loob ni Dayunyor kasi may deal sila ni Duterte–assuring him of the easiest way to the palace. Kaya lang, nabutata, nadiskaril. Napakasakit, kuya Eddie.

      Kung may natitira pang delicadeza, hiya at integridad ang mga Marcoses, Dapat magconcede na siya.
      The more he prolongs his agony, the more he buries himself in shame and stupidity. Tama na. SOBRA NA.

    • “bakit hindi nyo pa ilibing ayon sa pinagkasunduan?”

      agree.

      talaga bang sila ay mga likas na pasaway?!

  6. Mom Raissa at Sir Alan,

    Sunod po sa Diyos ay pumapangalawa po kayong mag-asawa
    sa pinasasalamatan ko sa napakalaking naging bahagi ninyong dalawa
    sa naging resulta ng eleksyon sa pagka Vice President.

    No. 1 po para sa aking ang hindi na muling bumalik pa sa pamunuan ang mga Marcos.

    MABUHAY PO KAYONG MAG-ASAWA.

    • Maraming salamat Kapitana.

      Group effort ito. Kung wala ang Cyber Plaza Miranda at ang publisher ng libro, hindi rin kami magtatagumpay.

  7. WONDERFUL! Congratulations to Leni Robredo!

    Leni ROBREDO is officially the winner as Vice-President-elect of the Philippines.

    Long Live Good Over Wrong!

    Jess Robredo is very happy over yonder.

    263,473 votes a result of Why Should I Apologize For My Father’s Martial Law Regime?

    Lesson: Do not raise your ego-pride too far up. Be human.

    . . . Clap! Clap! and Clap! Congratulations to Leni Robredo again!

    • It’s official, last best man standing is a widowed woman in yellow & defeated the noisy troublemaker from the North. History repeats itself.

      • Congrats VP Leni. Can’t describe the feeling. Finally, a silver lining. Good triumphs once again. And on Jesse Robredo’s birthday, May 27, all the more special. A happy day indeed.

      • ” itaga sa bato. the last man standing is a woman” indeed NAITAGA NA SA BATO

  8. NBOC declared Duterte the winner of the presidency. His supporters will host DU31 party in DAVAO CITY.

    His Haters will talk incessantly during their own DU38 party in SOURsogon which will be strictly “Cock Tales” (stag) party with this menu

    alcoholic drinks:
    Pissco Sour
    Whiskey Sour
    Red and White wHine

    Non alcoholic
    Sour Sop smoothie

    appetizers:
    Sour Gr(a)ipes
    Sauerkraut

    Fil Australian Guest singer will Roast Du30 while singing his one and only rendition of
    Days of Whine and Roas(t)es

    Every 8ER is welcome.
    Cover charge: No CHANGE accepted!

    He he he

    • I prefer a red Johnnie Walker with a chicken pinikpikan as pulutan, with a bloody Lin crown on a cradle.

      humor lang, baka mapikon.
      pinangungunahan lang sinto sinto.

      heh he heh

      • @Mel puro ka WISH-ful thinking. Ang Fil Australian hindi marunong uminom ng scotch.
        Ha alam ko na bakit gusto mo Johnny Walker– Whis -ky kasi yun, hi hi hi.

        Mag stick ka na lamang sa wHine, tutal puro ka wHine ng wHine sa panalo ni Duterte.

        Sabi ko na sa iyo mag appetizer ka ng cheese with your wHine.
        Cheez Wish tastes better with wHine, red or wHite.

        He he he

        • Got it wrong again @Johnny, I never was a wine bibber.

          —

          … appetizer for DU30? His close-in appeasers were on-call whenever DU30 had his platform tantrums. Digong’s apologists are on stand-by when he begins to flip-flops, unless when nature calls him out first.

    • Bong Go: Boss, delikado tayo, yung babae ang nanalo. Lalakas loob nila na i-impeach ka.
      Do-dirty: gago ka pala, [email protected]&$;? Ina ka eh! Mas mabuti nayun. Kung yung isa yung nanalo, sigurado assasination ko!

    • trivia about sauerkraut. do you know that sauerkraut is high if not very high in antioxidant. somewhere in central europe kinakain nila sa new year’s eve for good luck. mura pero masarap at masustansya.

      RORO ako pero hindi ko po alam na may ganitong “Cock Tales” party. puede bang mag padala ng sample para ako na ang mag supply ng sauerkraut?

      magkano ho ba ang cover charge para makapagdala ng barya para hindi na kailangan ang sukli.

      maraming salamat po sa info. baka naman madagdagan ang aking income sa aking panienda

      • May kasabihan ang matatanda
        “Ang May sugat lamang sa balat ang umaaray sa hapdi kapag napahiran ng maalat” May tinamaan ang DU38 kaya sumigaw.

        WHine ang paboitong drinks ng Fil Australian kaya nonsense ang banat? Kaya puro whining ang alam ilabas. Presidente na Si Duterte, Killing Time na, yoohooo! mahirap kasi gayahin ng may tunnel vision ang DU38 party “cock tales” hi hi hi.

        Nasubsub na dati kaya sore loser since then. Sapak na naman ngayun.
        Loser loser , thrash talker
        Winner winner chicken dinner

        • Hindi ako mahilig sa snubnose. Pero small, handy at pocket size.

          DU30 would snub his Congress proclamation, daw. Caliber of Congressmen are not his favorite arsenal. He plans to shut it down, daw.

  9. AGAINST ALL ODDS AND DESPITE IGLESIA NI CRISTO SUPPORT TO BBM, LENI “JOAN OF ARC” ROBREDO EMERGES AS THE VICTOR IN THE HOTLY-CONTESTED VP RACE.

    Her victory is also a CPM & Raissa’s triumph over marcos’ allegedly looted billions – CHEERS

    • Yes, I believe, in no small way, the blog articles and comments here including those at JoeAm’s blogsite — and yes, Raissa’s book — helped turn the tide that may have gone to Marcos. Hurray to Raissa, Alan and the CPMers. Marcos, Never Again!

  10. Tapos na ang Joint Congress and Senate Canvassing COCs for Elections 2016.

    Sa Monday nah ang joint session to formally read the final reports, and most likely proclamation!

    Vice President
    Robredo = 14,418,817

    Marcos = 14,155,344

    Discrepancy este Difference = 263,473

    Figures as of 7:16 PM, May 27 2016

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZ8BIFPsjQk

    • Now we will see the measure of Bong Bong Marcos.
      Is he a man or not?
      Will he have the nuts to concede defeat and congratulate Leni?
      I would like to think “Yes” but I will not hold my breath whilst waiting.

      • Yap.

        This is now the joint Con and Sen Canvassing with his lawyers to speak their mind including their observations, manifestations and the what have they.

        This joint Congress Canvassing is close to the figures from the earlier unofficial tally. Now it is official.

        Congratulations to Vice President-Elect Leni Robredo! May God Almighty Bless You and Keep You In All Your Ways and Endeavors. May your Light continue to shine and be a salt amongst your countrymen, including the many despondent voters.

        • BBM is likely to file election protest due to numerous under-votes, among others, but it will be resolved by the Presidential Electoral Tribunal composed of justices of the supreme court

        • If ever he would –

          Legible Sandro Marcos as a material, resource witness to substantiate why a erred, illegible voteS may well have been binned as ‘unaccountable, undervote’ by a Smartmatic system.

        • He can still exercise his executor duties to release Au hoard for the country’s wishful Au backed currency when all fiat currencies need to reboot. For the country’s progress.

        • @NHerrera,

          Kaya nagpupumilit na magprotesta siya at ang kanyang mga kampong kasi wala silang matatanggap na biyaya mula kay BoBong Marcos. Isa pa, nanghihinayang din siya kasi nabawasan ng malaki ang interest income mula sa plundered wealth ng mga Marcoses. hehehehehe. Buti hindi siya ang bise kasi baka maNALUNDASAN si Digong sa kanya. Sabi nga ni Onyok, “Ay naku” hindi na kami makakabawi sa mga na nagastos sa eleksyon……

        • “UNDAS” it’s been my strange feelings. EERIE! dahil matagal pa ang 30june para sa oath taking lalo na noong sinabi nyang ” i am dying…” sa reporter. maraming pang mangyayari even in a wink of an eye.

        • I am dying, don’t take digong at his preposterous words. double speak at double entendre yan, digong kasi has yet to catch up with national standard. still talking like a backward mayor from davao, raw and uncut, instead of suave president elect, circumspect at diplomatico.

          nabaon kasi yan sa kawawang-wang, epal ng epal kahit tapos na ang election. digong’s I am dying, that’s probably davao speak to mean he needs a break, needs big dose of sympathy too, sa kadada ng kadada non-stop, prescon dito, prescon dyan. digong ought to take his own advice and shut up. rest his big mouth. when comes to expression, I think, ang davawenyong ito has yet to catch up with national standard.

        • Which reminds me, @Ancient Mariner, of the anecdote attributed to the late Marcos. When asked about his children, old man Marcos said that Imee Marcos is intelligent and more like the one to take after him. When asked about BBM, old man Marcos is said to have remarked: aah, Bongbong — he has good muscle coordination. That sums it up.

        • You got it right. I have to say that thete is nobody in the public eye wjo has worse body language than BBM. He comes over as a spoiled brat, accomplished liar with an outrageous sense of self esteem. He makes me squirm.
          I wait with bated breath for the nonsense he is about to spout. It will have us all in stitches I’m sure.

        • You seem to have hit a winning idea on the matter of MARCOS — NEVER AGAIN. Make a laughing stock out of him together with the continued sale of Raissa’s book.

        • The camp of Mummy’s Boy Marcos said one hour ago, “We have “convincing” evidence of “possible” election fraud.
          They are desperately trying to keep the pot boiling until they can appeal to PET.
          Mummy’s Boy also has convincing evidence that he is possibly the sister of Grace Poe.

        • the camp said nanalo si leni dahil sa cheating. at si bbm ay natalo dahil sa cheating.

        • In 2-3 years from now for the 2022 next presidential elections, 48,263,473 Filipinos have read the Book of Raissa Robles – MARCOS MARTIAL LAW: Never Again!

          VP Leni Robredo is the next President of this Country! Don’t change Leni but change the changes!

          . . . tsk tsk tsk

        • I share your enthusiasm. But we still have to be more vigilant. Magaling ang strategy ng mga Marcos kung kaya nakakuha ng boto si BBM ng 14M. Yes, very important ang book ni Raissa about Martial Law but it seems that BBM strategy to tell the public that he had nothing to do with it are effective & acceptable to a lot of people especially in Metro Manila.

          Let’s all push BBM to return the loot since he’s the caretaker. Let the people know his unproductive stint in the senate and a poor Ilocos Norte, a Marcos bailiwick. I’m sure he will make a run to presidency in 2022 and we should have a good strategy against his return in power. Never again.

    • sabi ni mayor du30 sa reporter na ” i am dying, what is your problem?” ang sa akin ay tanong lang po. kung totoo nga at natuloy bago mag take oath sino ang ating prez? at kung matuloy after taking oath mayroon na tayong prez. robredo. sino na ang ating vp?

        • addendum

          maihalal o maiproklema

          naihalal o naproklema

          IMO, never been tested before. Congress and/or SC would but in.

          Will this year be the first?

        • Good question, eh kung si A Cayetano nah ang napagkasunduan ng mga balimbing at coalition NP ang kanilang Senate President?

          Maari… hindi nakuha sa halalan, nagampanan naman sa senado. VP A Cayetano

          heh he heh…

        • @ Mel,
          Ako’y maka RORO although I was unable to vote in Pinas because of my pressing duty to my APOstolate ( i.e. to take care of my grandchildren ) dito sa bansa na gusto ni Du30 na sunugin ang kanilang bandila.
          Kung may masamang mangyari kay Du30 ( huag naman sana ) at hindi niyang kayang magampangan ang kanyang tungkulin at si LENI ay magiging pangulo ayon sa saligang batas ISANG BAGAY lang ang alam kong mangyayari at TIYAK itong mangyayari, HARVEST TIME again ng BALIMBINGS o kaya dadami naman ang mga CHAMELEONS sa CONGRESS di ba? hehehehehe

        • Tama kah @erwin

          Pasundan at patunugan mo si Albay Governor Joey Salceda – provincial chairman of the Liberal Party.

          Bago eleksyon, Lipat Party allegiance kay GP. Pagkatapos ng eleksyon, Gapang sa Partido kay Duterte. Utos daw ni GP.

          Kangaroo Joey is a quintessential modern balimbing. Lukso’t maki-Party kaya pabalik si kangaroo Joey kay VP L Robredo (LP)?

        • Section 7, Art. VII of the 1987 Constitution prescribes the order of succession in case the P becomes incapacitated due to death, etc.

          The spare tire or the vp will automatically occupy the highest post while the senate president will assume the vp post, and in case of his incapacity for whatever reason, the speaker of the house will take his place

        • The succession law happened during the term of the most famous and most beloved Philippine president Ramon Magsaysay. A president whose popularity in the Philiippines can be compared to JFK of the US. I know a list of the past Philippine presidents who should have been hanged in public to scare off would be crooks in the government ( PD 1081, Hello Garci, and aka Jose Velarde )

        • kaya pala 3 ang matunog na maglabanlaban as senate president 1. drilon 2. tito sotto at nakalimutan ko na ang pangatlo

        • The appointive Vice President need not be the Senate President. Take the case of Teofisto Guingona, Sr., who was chosen over Nene Pimentel, who was then the Senate President. In fact, the appointive VP need not come from the ranks of the Senate. It could be a member of the House of Representatives of eve the Supreme Court.

        • SUITEable for the CoCoNut Palace.

          I thought he did very well during the joint committees of the election 2016 canvassing.

          After the official termination of the 27 May Congress canvassing, his parting words were (I’m paraphrasing) ‘… thank you too to the candidates’ lawyers for finding discrepancies where in fact there was none’.

      • IMHO, if the president-elect dies before taking oath, the vp will automatically ascend to Malacanang to prevent power vacuum and the new vp will be the one whose car plate is No. 3 (senate president) or the No. 4 (Speaker of the house) if the No. 3 is incapacitated.

        • Is the Oath taking, the official commencement? Or the Proclamation, done days before Oath taking? Oath taking merely ceremonial, formality?

          For clarification lang, IF the P-elect dies before oath taking, the current P is technically still The P, right?

          After oath taking, the P-elect now The P, while the outgoing P would be has been. No vacuum, right?

          Thanks @Kalahari for sticking around.

        • It is only official when the winning candidates for P and VP are proclaimed by the joint congress, am I right?

        • Granting your opinion is right, the oath taking or swearing in is merely ceremonial? Where the sitting P in its last days is formally transferring ‘the baton’ so to speak.

          Nice exchanging nuances in light of Leni’s win! Are we guys getting ahead or deluding ourselves impugning a P for Leni? It sounds Very Presidential isn’t it? Post Oaths.

        • Yes, it’s ceremonial as far as our Constitution dictates. As soon as they are proclaimed by Congress then the rules of succession kicks in. While wala pang proclamation mula sa Kongreso ay iba ang rules sa pagkakaalam ko if the winning candidates for P anf VP died or incapacitated for some reason. I hope may makapagpaliwanag ng mas maayos para may back up ng link ng batas..

        • BTW, the swearing in ceremony.

          Some DU30 researcher is asking, how long is the swearing in? Is 5 minutes long enough daw? He might run out of words to swear at everybody who came to witness his rendition.

        • IMO oath taking is the most important. at this point sya sumusumpa na tinatanggap nya ang kanyang panalo at gagampanan nya ang kanya duties and responsibilities. i can compare this to a person typing his last will and testament. after printing, inatake sa corazon natuluyan. so, what is the essence of that unsigned document?

        • Oath taking and inauguration of the president-elect takes place on June 30 after which he officially functions as the new president of the country.

          PNoy took his oath on June 30, 2010 at Quirino grandstand in Luneta before then AJ Conchita Carpio-Morales at 11:50 AM and later on delivered his inaugural address before a multitude of foreign dignitaries and Filipino politicians, including plain citizens. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/inauguration_of_Benigno_Aquino III

          Du30 plans his very simple oath-taking ceremony at Malacanang on June 30 and will deliver a 5-minute inaugural address. He said he’ll immediately fly back to Davao City where he’ll hold office

      • ‘SECTION 9. Whenever there is a vacancy in the Office of the Vice-President during the term for which he was elected, the President shall nominate a Vice-President from among the Members of the Senate and the House of Representatives who shall assume office upon confirmation by a majority vote of all the Members of both Houses of the Congress, voting separately.

        VP Leni Robredo becomes ‘President’ under –

        ‘SECTION 8. In case of death, permanent disability, removal from office, or resignation of the President, the Vice-President shall become the President to serve the unexpired term.x x x’

        Who will ‘Pres. Robredo’ NOMINATE as VICE-PRESIDENT from ‘AMONG’ the members of the Senate and the House of Representatives to answer ‘I am dead, what is your problem?’

        Senator De Lima is nominated as the Vice-President! LP is BACK to POWER.

        The BALIWBINGS in the LP will be BACK TO Liberal Party!

        – ‘We love DAAN MATUWID!’. . . [Baliwbings in chorus SINGS. . .]

        he he he

        • . . . or VP-elect LENI Robredo under –

          ‘If at the beginning of the term of the President, the President-elect shall have died or shall have become permanently disabled, the Vice-President-elect shall become President.

          . . . under the same problem situation

          which ever which way this THING goes. . .

        • who knows. isa sya sa mga contenders bilang senate president. baka ito ang kanyang inaasam-asam. so, iiwan ni vp ang kanyang 6 yr plan for the country at iyon ang kanyang kokopyahin thru copy paste

  11. tapos na ang canvassing with southern samar the last to canvas where bbm got 73,214 while leni got 111,461. mukhang hahabol yata ang lawyer ni bbm.

    LENI THE NEWLY ELECTED VP!!!

  12. “don’t believe my preposterous statements”. in a social media savvy nation who takes articles in ‘adobo connection’, seriously, this is dangerous.

      • R.A. No. 289 creating LNB:

        1. to perpetuate the memory – presidents, heroes and patriots;
        2. for the inspiration and emulation of this generation and of generations still unborn.

        . . . honoring the memory – thus, perpetuate it: for presidents, heroes and patriots.

        . . . to inspire and emulate for Filipinos’ generations to come including those still unborn.

        Aber . . . let us see if FM’s remaining body can be on this.

        Link

        http://www.chanrobles.com/republicacts/republicactno289.html#.V0o6XpGGPDc

        • Btw. . . there is NOTHING about not to ‘creating’ divisions in the country, or

          . . . Yes, FM ‘was’ a WW II soldier. Yes, he was a president – but he did impose a HORRIFIC (to borrow Raissa Robles’ term) Martial Law regime.

          . . . the history the history and the history of it all.

    • parang yong abogado de kililing ni BBM ay kasing-utak ng anak niyan si Sandro:

      “Bakit mas malaki ang botes ni VP Leni kesa kay Mar Roxas?”

      yon ang undervotes na sinasabi nila…. may tililing talaga ang abogado nila

      pera-pera lang yan talaga!!! kahit magmukhang tanga ka, ok na, basta mapera!!!

      • Sana ibalik ni Atty Macalintal yung argument kay Dilangalen, bakit mas malaki ang boto ni BBM kay MDS?

        • Fellow CPMers kasama na rin lalung lalo na ang mga maka-Marcos dito.

          @NHerrera, remember this reply comment to you?

          re: ‘… concerned statisticians, number crunchers.’

          http://raissarobles.com/2016/05/10/why-leni-robredo-could-still-win/comment-page-1/#comment-375830

          It may well serve and mirror-like BBM to use his son’s first time voting experience as an example as to why there are ‘unaccountable or undervotes’ in this recent elections. *

          Example, in 2004 elections, there were 5 million + ‘unaccountable or undervotes’ for the Vice Presidency. (just heard it now from Atty Macalintal manifesting before the live Congress Canvassing).

          And it may well also be to BBM’s enlightenment that such ‘unaccountable or undervotes’ happens not only for VPs, but also for Ps, Sens, Cons, down to SPs.

        • *

          Marcos son admits ballot error, apologizes for cheating claim
          By: Frances Mangosing
          08:25 PM May 10th, 2016

          It was an honest error.

          After initially denying that nothing went wrong while casting his vote, the son of vice presidential candidate Sen. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Tuesday admitted that he shaded two circles for president in his ballot.

          “Yes, I shaded 2 presidents, it was an honest error on my part. I was a first time voter and extremely nervous,” Sandro Marcos said on his Facebook page.

          “I voted for (Davao City Mayor Rodrigo) Duterte as president, and saw the number 4 right after, so (I) shaded that as it was my dad’s number. I ended up shading Poe’s name instead of my dad’s, so my presidential vote didn’t count,” he said.

          On Monday, while he was filling out his ballot for the 2016 elections, he stood up and asked one of the board of election inspectors for a new one but he was declined.

          “Hindi po namin yun pwede i-cancel … ituloy mo na lang sir. Kung kasalanan namin papalitan namin, pero kung kayo po hindi,” one of the BEIs told the Marcos son.

          He later told reporters that everything went fine and denied he had any problems while voting.

          “Once again, it was an error on my part, and I think people need to relax a little bit, we all make errors now and then. At least my VP vote was right,” he said.

          In the same post, the younger Marcos apologized for accusing the administration of cheating as the number of vote counts for president and vice president did not match.

          “It was done out of anger and frustration against the electoral process,” he said.

          On his Twitter account on Monday night, Marcos posted: “Also the total votes for President are not the same total for the Vice President. What the hell #DayaangMatuwid.”

          The tweet was later taken down but he refused to admit that it was deleted. Instead, he said it was taken down as somebody reported it to Twitter officials.

          “I apologised on Twitter and am apologizing here for saying something so stupid. I know when I make mistakes and am more than happy to admit it. I was not initiating a personal attack, unlike those who responded,” he said.

          Source: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/784957/marcos-son-admits-ballot-error-apologizes-for-cheating-claim

        • it runs in the family (if and only if) sabi ni grace poe llamanzares: it was an honest mistake
          sabi ng kanyang pamangkin, este anak ni bbm, it was an honest error

        • naunahan mo ako sa pagkomento ng termination, katapusan ng canvassing sa itaas.

          heh he heh…

          —

          Analyze this snippet for SM to correct his mistake pulled from the above article –

          “… asked one of the board of election inspectors for a new one but he was declined.

          “Hindi po namin yun pwede i-cancel … ituloy mo na lang sir. Kung kasalanan namin papalitan namin, pero kung kayo po hindi,” one of the BEIs told the Marcos son.”

        • Yep, I remember.

          All’s well that ends well — for Vice President Elect Leni Robredo, that is. It turns out that today is the birthday of the late Jesse Robredo, Leni’s husband.