The Liberal Party led by its presidential candidate Senator Noynoy Aquino is turning out to be one big paranoid and fear mongering bunch. It's that or this group is just so full of themselves they have it in their head that their candidates can only lose if cheated.

Here's part of the report  from inquirer.net.

Aquino fears failure of election scenario

By Gil C. Cabacungan Jr.
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 03:06:00 03/31/2010

Filed Under: Inquirer Politics, Eleksyon 2010, Elections, Benigno Aquino III

MANILA, Philippines—With just 41 days left before Election Day, Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III voiced doubts that the Commission on Elections (Comelec) could prevent a failure of elections and urged the public to remain vigilant.

In a press conference, Aquino said he had directed his campaign staff in the Liberal Party to confer with the church, election watchdogs, the diplomatic community, the military and police to avert the elections from being sabotaged through cheating or forced failure.

Aquino, the LP’s presidential candidate in the May 10 elections, said the military should be reminded to remain “apolitical,” calling the armed forces “a very necessary institution in preserving the stability of the state.”

Florencio Abad, LP campaign manager, cited a number of allegedly questionable moves made by the Comelec, specifically the lack of an independent review of the source code for the precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines to be used in the electronic vote.

“There is no way of knowing what is inside the machines until they are individually tested in the precincts,” Abad said.

Disabled safety feature

He said that the ultraviolet safety features of the PCOS machines had been disabled. “Fake ballots can pass through the machines.”

Abad also warned against what he said was the absence of a plan to conduct random auditing and a backup plan in case of computer breakdown and the delayed training of the board of election inspectors and technicians.

He said that the appointment of Gen. Delfin Bangit, a former close-in security officer of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, as head of the military and her plan to name a new chief justice of the Supreme Court had bolstered fears of massive cheating in the May vote.

3 worst-case scenario

Abad said one of three worst-case scenarios could occur in May—massive and wholesale cheating to favor the President’s candidate; partial failure of elections (no proclamation for the president, vice president and the senators) leaving the new House to elect its Speaker to take care of government; and a complete failure of elections with a military junta taking over.

Hey, Liberal Party, can you spell C-O-N-C-E-I-T-E-D? How about E-G-O-T-I-S-T-I-C-A-L?

These people should be reminded that there are other candidates who also have a shot at getting elected. Mister Aquino and the  other LP candidates should realize that there are other more probable reasons for them to lose. I didn't want to say this but in the case of Mister Aquino one of those reasons is the growing perception that he is simply not cut out to be president.

Having said that, I would strongly suggest that Mister Aquino and his merry band of presumptuous poseurs focus more on giving us realistic reasons why we should vote for them instead of getting people all riled up over unfounded speculations.

The only good thing I'm getting out of this latest LP statement is the call for the public to be vigilant. The LP got that one thing right.  The public should really keep a close watch to ensure the success of our first ever automated elections.

There's no denying there will be a lot of uncertainties in the days to come. There will always be attempts to game the system. But one thing is certain. Wholesale cheating will not happen through the automated system. In fact, the system itself is the monkey wrench that will screw up the cheating methods used in previous elections.

To the voting public, yes, heed the LP's advice. Be vigilant. Watch out for new cheating methods.

To Mister Aquino and the rest of the Liberal Party, keep your egos in check. Don't be so presumptuous that you would think just because you're salivating for it so much your victory is already certain.