Robotic Garci, part 1

Like what we voiced out many months ago, the declaration of Mrs. Arroyo to push thru with the elections is not a guarantee that a smooth and peaceful transition would occur. As early as February, this site already revealed that the goal of this administration is simple---ensure that its candidates win the elections. The administration knows that victory is a remote possibility due to the high disapproval ratings it gets everytime a survey is conducted. That's why they'll be implementing a rigged elections sans the obvious cheating that occured in 2004.

Arroyo's men already perfected a Hello Garci operation.

Three reasons why this administration already succeeded in its objective:

1. The First Gentleman's men led by Cezar Quiambao already got the automation contract thru Smartmatic-TIM. If you look at the contract, SMARTMATIC-TIM controls all of the processes and functions for automation, particularly the source codes. According to a computer expert, the entire system is vulnerable not just from physical attacks but also weak in its source codes. More on this in later entries.

2. Highly sensitive posts particularly those in the provinces are now being controlled by Mrs. Arroyo's favorite PMA Class. Mrs. Arroyo can forego replacing the top honchos of the PNP and the AFP to avoid brickbats (since the plan has already been exposed thru the Oplan August Moon revelations). What is crucial is filling provincial directorship posts to ensure that these vote-rich provinces will go the way of the administration.

3. The permanent disunity of the political opposition. This seals the victory and makes it rather sweet. This early, the public sphere is being prepped up to accept the reason why an opposition slate would lose to a weak administration bet. Opposition mouthpieces are giving this administration more fodder by saying that they'll lose if they don't unify. Unification, at this point, is a impossibility since candidates already spent so much in their campaigns.