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PHILIPPINES ELECTION, 2022
Hello tumblr, I am Vox. I am a Filipino Citizen in fear for my country and what is to come to it. I am compiling as much information as I can in case the worse comes to worst. This is to ensure that you people, those in other countries, know the hardships we could face if the Marcoses successfully rig the elections. My goal is to ensure that as most media possible be translated in English as well as bring information from both official news outlets as well as Twitter and those who volunteered to help our country from these despots.
So, what is happening in the Philippines?
On May 9, 2022, it was Election day. From 6AM to 7PM, eligible voters were to go to a precinct to vote. Among 110M people, 65.7M people were legible voters. However, the process took longer because of the malfunctioning vote-counting machines causing to crowd the area and fuelling anxiety about the pandemic. Many were urged to leave and come back later, or cast their votes now to have poll watchers put the vote in for them. Around 2,000 VCM broke down by 10AM.
Why is everyone fearing for their lives?
Bongbong Marcos, currently in the lead in all public polls, is most notably the son of the ousted Dictator Ferdinand E. Marcos; the man who declared martial law, the darkest period in recent Philippine history. It was a move to silence the people speaking against him and torture or sexually assault them. Everyone who spoke against him would receive such punishment or even death— be it through journalism or through rallies.
Why be scared? This man isn’t his father, he could be different. Well, we really hope so if that is the case but it doesn’t seem it. BBM does not believe the truths about his family violating human rights as well as gaining the wealth he is benefitting from both in and out of the country. He refuses to acknowledge the crimes his family has committed and is trying to worm out of his current debts as well by waiving it off as soon as he becomes president. He also claims to have graduated from Oxford in BA Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, and he has no records of graduating but does own a ‘Special Degree’ that claims he has. Not to mention he skips all Presidential Debates that aren’t run by the Commission of Elections (COMELEC), but even then his attendance is spotty at most.
Well, this man is leading in the partial/unnofficial tally of COMELEC. As of May 10, 2022 8:02PM(GMT+8), BBM has ~31M votes, more than twice than the runner up, Vice President Leni Robredo, at ~15M votes. Though there have been data analysts who show that there is a consistent trend within each update, showing that the ratio between their votes seem to always be 68:32.
To be frank; it’s rigged. It’s fucking rigged. These are still the unofficial results, and there is a volunteer group called the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible voting (PPCRV), a non-profit organization who is affiliated with the roman catholic church, who are MANUALLY counting each and every vote for the ballot. Need I remind 65.7M people are legible voters. I pray that they are safe right now and if anyone is near any of their locations, I recommend sending help or resources if you are able to. Here is their website. There are still no solid updates from the PPCRV as of 9PM 05/10/2022 and we will refuse to say anything until we are 100% certain about the results.
There are already numerous people trying to anticipate the media ban and are already compiling as much data as they can, including myself. This is a link to all the Marcoses’ Martial Law Documents. Here is another link to a Library containing details about Martial Law as well.
Martial Law cannot happen again. Even the children who never even got a taste of the trauma that our relatives, our aunts, uncles, grandparents, or anyone who lived through those- we still have a taste of it in our habits. During Martial Law, it became a habit to bid someone “Ingat” [Stay safe] before they would leave their home. It has been 36 years since he has been ousted; so many people my age, so many people younger than I still say it.
We claim Never Again, but here we are. It is up to you guys to let our voice be heard when we have no more chance to.
Ingat po.
UPDATES:
05/10/22 9:43PM: You can see how to donate to PPCRV to pay for their food. With them working 9AM-12AM, with 300 volunteers, they need at least 1000 meals. Look here for more Info. UPDATE: 10PM: Too much food for tonight. Please contact them first before donating perishable goods.
05/11/22 7:27AM: There has been misinformation being spread on Twitter about current PPCRV results showing no discrepancies towards the unofficial tally; however there is only one screenshot of COMELEC’s results and is not from PPCRV. Please keep a vigilant eye.
05/11/22 10:06AM: PPCRV has posted results of the TRANSMITTED partial/unofficial tally; to set the record straight: these are the votes from the MACHINES. These are also NOT the final results either. There is still no results for the MANUAL counting that the volunteers are still hard at work for.
