We need to bring our legislators to the 21st century

I think what the Congress should be doing now is canvassing the votes perse and not bringing up any election frauds which are not supported by valid evidences. Those leading the investigation specially Teddy Locsin should stop whining about those mysterious and negligible allegations of election manipulation, after all they have no true evidence just that man called Koala bear who is hiding behind a mask like a Taliban insurgent. Who will believe in Koala bears allegations when he himself cannot reveal his true identity. The individuals whom are complaining they are cheated are all election losers in their respective towns, cities or provinces. Even Teddy Locsin's wife lost in the elections too so it is a clear sourgraping for Locsin. The congress should avoid those hypothetical investigations because it will go nowwhere but the garbage. Like those issues against Villar before the elections what happened to that inquiry, when elections came, the issue was drowned and non-existent. Those are just political mambo-jumbo, they should focus on the canvassing of votes so that we can start a new beginning for the new president and see what he can do and let those whinings buried to the ground.

Hello there, I remember a facebook user there saying that we should modernize our legislators, that's crazy. what should happen first is modernizing the critical thinking of the FIlipinos in terms of choosing and criticizing the candidates. So, look at these people, most of them are NOT that computer literate or maybe just out of phased in terms of modern technology. It's the people who vote for them that needs modernization..and Mass Voting Education is a must if we are to have a mature and intelligent voters that would elect not only knowledgeable but also experienced legislators. but all we have now are trapos and grandstanders

Although I haven't seen the actual ones but basing from the news I am seeing, yes you are right. It seems that congressmen are really ignorant about this technology despite them approving such technology. It is sad the some congressmen are just posturing inside just to stop the canvassing from proceeding. But one good thing I hear was that they are creating a body of it people to conduct investigation on this matter because it is obvious that all the queries in there are not relevant. They should start focusing on the canvassing and leave the questionable ballots to the technical group they are creating to investigate it.

Unfortunately our cable doesn't carry ANC, so until now I haven't seen the actual canvassing yet, but my boyfriend was talking about it, cause we love discussing politics, and he said that it was almost like a comedy show. It's just really ashame that we have government officials who doesn't do their homework before going to this kind of things. Argh. Somehow, I'm happy that I haven't seen it personally, cause I'm sure it would just ruin my whole day.

Here in the Phippines our Legislators have not enough understanding about technology. They want to make election more faster and credible. They passed this automated election bill and sad to know they are the one who would not understand the process which in the reality they made this bill. Its fun to watch and also disappointing between the Legislators and IT personnel or computer experts they would not understand each other, an IT experts used terminology about the technology which our legislators can't understand. As what happened to Cong. Teddy Boy Locsin and IT expert of Smartmatics.

Sadly this is an ongoing problem that many countries are dealing with. Older generation politicians are trying to keep up with new technologies by systematically refusing to become educated on the technology. It is actually quite sad. Perhaps making a petition stating that all Legislatures are to be given classes on Modern Technology might help?

grandstanding as usual, they are pretending to know a lot but in the end is shows their foolishness, other are riding on the idea that gullible masses would bite the idea that the latest automated election is tampered with fraudulent and cheating acts. To raise and idiotic army that would rally behind them, and make their cause a worthwhile but fooling the masses that the losers are cheated. some congressman are just what they are, not qualified because even their IQ cannot help them understand simple logic.