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2014-12-17
regime.
In such a continuing and degenerating electioneering process, it is nothing but natural
that the voters question its legitimacy and validity. In such a context, what can the
Opposition do? The passage of the Eighteenth Amendment has given the Executive
almost unbridled powers to control the process. The Commissioner General of
Elections is yet to prove that he has some backbone; being called a General without
the necessary stamina and guts to ensure the sure and safe execution of his duties is a
shameful badge to ornament his civil uniform. A breakdown in the election process,
unrestricted freedom allowed to the incumbent and harassing the opponents and
violating their fundamental rights would eventually end up in a total breakdown of our
society.
"Marcos never ceased to maintain that he was the duly elected and proclaimed
president of the Philippines for a fourth term, but unfairly and illegally deprived of his
right to serve it. On February 25, 1986, rival presidential inaugurations were held. The
rest, as they say, is history. Only the people can prevent any type of large-scale
rigging"
Leaving the country to be run by one single family, its cohorts and henchmen and
incompetent and spiritless bureaucrats would indeed be a national calamity. If the past
five years are of any measure and if the way in which the incumbent has been
conducting affairs of government is any yardstick, it is not so difficult to predict what
would follow if the Rajapaksas are re-elected this time. The manner in which his
henchmen have been shamelessly executing government decisions and the way in
which the infamous Bodu Bala Sena and its chief spokespersons shameless expression
of un-endorsing endorsement of the Rajapaksa candidacy being uttered leaves the
reasonable voter bewildered and stunned. Yet, all seem to agree that, on paper, this
election is Maithripalas to lose. But elections are not fought and lost or won on paper.
The gruelling campaigns that test the will and doggedness of the candidates, might
eventually catch up with amateurs getting bogged down while taking the determined to
the winning post. We are already into the second week of the campaign.
While both candidates are whistling across the countrys electoral map, their respective
support groups are equally busy crafting and releasing propaganda material.
The voter is yet waiting; some with hope that the time has come for a change while
others have opted to remain hoodwinked by the Goebbels-like false propaganda of the
Rajapaksas. On the social media front, the Rajapaksas are being clobbered, almost
90% to 10% in favour of Maithripala Sirisena. But Maithripala-supporters must realize
that the domain of the computer is not restricted to Sri Lanka.
In the global marketplace where those who have no vote in Sri Lanka too are
result. This is where, I hasten to remind the reader of the post-election episodes in the
Philippines. The elections in the Philippines were held on February 7, 1986.The official
election canvasser, the Commission on Elections (COMELEC), declared Marcos the
winner. The final tally of the COMELEC had Marcos winning with 10,807,197 votes
against Aquinos 9,291,761 votes. On the other hand, the final tally of the National
Movement for Free Elections (NAMFREL), an accredited poll watcher, had Aquino
winning with 7,835,070 votes against Marcos 7,053,068 points. Cheating was
reported on both sides.This electoral exercise was marred by widespread reports of
violence and tampering of election results.
The failed election process gave a decisive boost to the People Power movement. At
the height of the revolution, Juan Ponce Enrile revealed that a purported and wellpublicized ambush attempt against him years earlier was in fact faked for Marcos to
have a pretext for imposing martial law.
However, Marcos never ceased to maintain that he was the duly elected and
proclaimed president of the Philippines for a fourth term, but unfairly and illegally
deprived of his right to serve it. On February 25, 1986, rival presidential inaugurations
were held. The rest, as they say, is history. Only the people can prevent any type of
large-scale rigging.
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