Imee Marcos to keep hands off Bongbong’s poll protest as head of Senate elections body

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Imee Marcos will be in charge of committee meetings on changes on election rules, including President Rodrigo Duterte's fresh request to postpone the barangay and Sangguinang Kabataan Elections scheduled next year.

Wala siyang kinalaman sa nangyari nung 2016, sa aking kapatid, kay Bongbong. Wala namangPanahon na talaga na ikumpuni ang ating mga[Translation: Actually, all electoral reforms are prospective. It doesn't have anything to do with 2016, with my brother Bongbong. There's no retroactive effect. It's time to update our election laws.]

On top of her list is removing the very stiff requirements on how the Commission on Elections can choose a service provider for electronic vote counting so that more firms can bid, not just Smartmatic. She also wanted to explore proposals to do a hybrid counting system, where there will be a manual tally and an electronic record.The lawmaker also wants to update the Omnibus Election Code, which she said dates back to the long rule of her father, ex-President Ferdinand Marcos.

Through it all, Marcos said she will inhibit herself from inquiries if it will touch on her brother's protest questioning the results of the vice presidential race three years ago.

 

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Obvious na obvious that the Marcoses are being rewarded for their 2016 election support. How else could such a miseducated member of a political family that is so deep into electoral anomalies be given such position? This is not Senate comedy anymore.

Manangggg! In charge of what?

Imee BOBA KA!

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