Lente official on Davao City count: No fraud, just human errors

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/26 May) – Plain human errors not fraud caused the
discrepancies in the tally of votes for senatorial candidates and party-list
groups in Davao City, according to a local official of the Legal Network for
Truthful Elections (Lente) of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines.

Lawyer Manuel Quibod, IBP-Davao City chapter president and local Lente head,
also hinted that discrepancies might have occurred but went unnoticed in the
tally of votes for local candidates.

Quibod clarified that while the lapses were committed by the Board of
Canvassers, “there was no special ops (operations) here,” adding the errors
were observed to be permissible.

“Good thing there was a second set of tabulators who uncovered more errors,”
he said.

He said the ‘rectified’ and final results released by the BOC after a 6-day
recount triggered by irregularities showed that Recto got more votes than he
actually obtained.