THE camp of Vice President Jejomar Binay on Sunday warned the Aquino administration it will expose any underhanded schemes to manipulate the results of the May 9 national elections.
United Nationalist Alliance Secretary General JV Bautista enjoined the PDP-Laban, Partido Galing at Puso and the People’s Reform Party to form an alliance to thwart any irregularities orchestrated by the Liberal Party.
“The Aquino Administration and the Liberal Party are already in panic,” Bautista said.
“We can already sense their fear and desperation, that’s why we need to come together and unite against electoral fraud.”
Bautista said UNA had received reports that the administration was targeting Binay’s known bailiwicks in Mindanao and Luzon.
“They know Vice President Binay is strong in these places so they want to sow chaos to make the election results favorable to the Liberal Party,” Bautista said.
“But we will never allow their evil agenda and we will take concrete steps to prevent any attempt to influence the outcome of the May 9 elections.”
Bautista said it now appeared that the Aquino administration could guarantee a clean and honest elections, and that it would exploit any opportunity to cheat.
“There are already reports that the receipts that the VCMs [vote-counting machines] printed showed results favoring Mar Roxas,” Bautista said.
“They know that the weakest links are the misprinted or missing voters’ list, unreadable ballots, and faulty SD cards—and we haven’t factored in yet power failures. These are the kinds of retail cheating that come before the votes are counted.
“Together with Senator Poe, Mayor Duterte and Senator Santiago, we can have a united front to prevent Mar Roxas and other sinister groups from stealing the people’s real choice. This is our call to protect democracy.”
During Saturday’s UNA miting de avance in Makati, Binay warned of possible cheating on May 9.
The UNA standard bearer underscored the importance of guarding the votes.
“At this point in time, we have already been receiving alarming reports from Mindanao, so my call to everybody is to watch and guard our votes,” Binay said.
“Mr. President, I am appealing to you not as vice president but as an ordinary Filipino. I hope you will use your power as the father of the country to ensure a clean and peaceful election on Monday.”
Bautista said UNA had its team of lawyers, poll watchers and volunteers in every precinct and village who had been directed to immediately report any irregularity or suspicious activity during the elections.