With ten days to go before voters troop to the polls, an election watchdog called on all citizens to remain vigilant amid speculation of election failure.
Fr. Jose Dizon, convenor of Kontra Daya, a monitoring group against election cheating,
said there is a need to be vigilant to prevent poll cheating and failure.
He said many uncertainties, glitches and problems remain, despite assurances of the Comelec that everything is in place for the upcoming elections.
For this, he called on various groups and networks for a meeting on May 3 at the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila, to discuss the election scenario.
Dizon said they will discuss the Kontra Daya Monitoring Guide “that hopes to give us a sense of the scenarios on election day.”
With the monitoring guide people will have the means “to monitor and report on the conduct of the elections.”
“Our IT experts and online media volunteers meanwhile will explain the online mapping of incidents of poll irregularities so that we can see the nationwide trends,” Dizon added.
Dizon asked members to monitor nationwide the polls on May 10 to get a first hand data of the conduct of elections.
“With enough information, we can determine our next course of action, should there be signs of election failure, fraud, massive disenfranchisement, poll violence and other irregularities.”
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