Election 2019 has come and gone. Finally.
The wait is over and all across the Philippines there has been a changing of the guard. From new Senators in the Senate to new Mayors in Makati and Cebu dynasties have been overturned and new eras begun while some families and clans solidified their perennial hold on power. At last the nation can move on from all the politicking of the past year and get back to whatever they were doing before. Seeing as how Duterte's allies won and no opposition candidate made the cut hopefully there will be no more pernicious and fallacious talk about Yellows conspiring to win elections. One can dream right? Even though election day ended on a positive note it did not start that way. This post will be a series of tweets documenting the problems, people, and results of Election 2019.
The wait is over and all across the Philippines there has been a changing of the guard. From new Senators in the Senate to new Mayors in Makati and Cebu dynasties have been overturned and new eras begun while some families and clans solidified their perennial hold on power. At last the nation can move on from all the politicking of the past year and get back to whatever they were doing before. Seeing as how Duterte's allies won and no opposition candidate made the cut hopefully there will be no more pernicious and fallacious talk about Yellows conspiring to win elections. One can dream right? Even though election day ended on a positive note it did not start that way. This post will be a series of tweets documenting the problems, people, and results of Election 2019.
Problems
There were a lot of problems on election day 2019 due to machines breaking down which caused long lines and even some to give up and go home.
There were many incidents of vote counting machines not working and long waits ensuing. What it comes down to is about 400 - 600 machines were defective on election day.
There were other problems too like polls opening later than scheduled.
Power outages affected some polling places and one vote counting machine was set on fire by armed masked men.
People
People
Everyone came out to vote on election day.
Many voters left a traditional trail of trash.
Election day was very hot but Filipinos found ingenious ways to beat the heat.
Sadly not everyone was able to vote who wanted to do so.
Results and aftermath.
The results of Election 2019 are that some dynasties were toppled, some dynasties were strengthened, protests were lodged, and the Philippine political machine kept on trucking.
The results of Election 2019 are that some dynasties were toppled, some dynasties were strengthened, protests were lodged, and the Philippine political machine kept on trucking.
A few candidates were flip-floppers flipping and flopping from one office to the next. Anything to stay in power!
One Mayoral race ended in a tie and had to be decided by a coin toss.
And now that it's all over it is time to clean up the mess.
As of now the Comelec has not finished counting the votes but the Magic 12 Senate winners list is pretty much fixed and not going to change. Among the winners are Bong Revilla who has been charged with graft and ordered to pay back 100 million in plundered money, Bato who admits he does not know what the Senate does, Bong Go who is Duterte's lap dog and yes man, and Lito Lapid who is an actor and was a Senator from 2004-2016. It's not a very promising slate of lawmakers and who can tell what to expect when they did not discuss policy during the campaign period.
The next election is not until 2022 and it could prove lively if both Sara Duterte and Manny Pacquiao decide to run for president. I can hardly wait!
The next election is not until 2022 and it could prove lively if both Sara Duterte and Manny Pacquiao decide to run for president. I can hardly wait!
