By Ronron
May 25, 2007
Genuine Opposition senatorial candidate Antonio Trillanes IV is very confident he will win in the recently concluded elections based on his camp’s own counting of his votes from copies of election returns they got.
Trillanes, a former Navy officer with a rank of Lieutenant Senior Grade, said Friday that the votes from the remaining few provinces that have yet to be canvassed by the National Board of Canvassers or the Commission on Elections (Comelec) are no longer material to cause his displacement from the Magic 12.
“I can even say that it’s mathematically impossible (for those uncanvassed votes at the Comelec to alter my standing),” Trillanes said.
Based on the official count of the Comelec as of 5pm of May 25, Trillanes is on the 11th spot with over eight million votes.
Trillanes claimed yesterday that based on his camp’s tabulation, he actually got around 11 million votes.
“I’m very happy because this shows there is hope in us. Only through change can we improve the state of our country,” Trillanes said of his good showing in the official canvassing of votes.
“It’s a vote for change,” he added.
The jailed candidate conceded though that the administration would really work for his removal from the Magic 12 in favor of candidates from Team Unity, which, so far, is only represented by two of its candidates in the official counting.
Trillanes admitted he has no wide political machinery that could cover the entire country to ensure that the votes for him are protected and counted.
But he said that should it succeed, he will not resort to filing an election protest because “Comelec Chairman Benjamin Abalos is no different from President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo,” whom she describes as a bogus leader, having no mandate based on alleged electoral fraud in 2004.
Trillanes warned that it will be the people who will decide on how to deal with such actuation of the administration.
“If that will happen, I will leave it up to the Filipino people if they want to get that kind of treatment again. It’s like, the people’s will is being trampled upon every election period. So, the administration can put to a test the patience of the people if they do that,” Trillanes said.
Trillanes led the 2003 Oakwood Mutiny in Makati City that aired some of the gripes of some members of the military against the Arroyo government, particularly on corruption and ill governance.
He is currently jailed at the Philippine Marine headquarters in Taguig City as he remains on trial for coup d’ etat charges before a Makati City court and violation of the Articles of War before the General Court Martial./DMS
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment