Conspiracy Theory

First, this is just a theory, so take it with a grain of salt. Nothing is verified as true. However, I can imagine, right? :D So here goes... what if...

1. The opposition knows that the May 10 election will be rigged primarily because of how Comelec was handling the Automated Election System project -- from procurement to purchase, and later to deployment and use.

2. Knowing #1 above, the opposition needs to have a leader who can rally the people. None of them can do a People Power. However, they saw the potential of Noynoy Aquino, after his mother's death (when they saw the support of the country to Cory Aquino), and immediately devised a plan.

3. Noynoy did not have plans of running for president. He had no ambition to be one. He just wanted to be left alone and do his job as senator - but nobody was taking him seriously. Not a single bill he filed became law. This means that he was not able to get the trust and confidence of his peers - enough to support the bills into law.

4. The opposition turned showbiz by getting Kris Aquino to give hints to the public that Noynoy will continue their parents' fight for a better country. The opposition wanted to test the waters and see how people will react.

5. People reacted positively. Now the political machinery of the opposition started. Noynoy, confused as to what he needs to do, went to a retreat. We know what happened after, now the opposition has someone who can rally the people to another People Power. Did you hear what Noynoy said about this - rallying people this early?

6. On the side of the government, Comelec continued to pretend that it is trying to gain the people's trust and confidence. However, it seemed obvious that they are up to something.

7. The Comelec denied the request of some sectors for a parallel manual count, even for the President and Vice-President positions, just so the accuracy of the PCOS machines can be verified, and more importantly restore the Comelec's credibility. Are they serious about regaining their credibility? I doubt it.

8. Comelec stubbornly ignores the suggestions from other sectors. Now, it conducted field tests in selected precincts in the country --- only to fail!

9. Comelec and Smartmatic admit the error. However, it is a simple error that I don't believe to have happened, had it not been planned. Remember, all PCOS machines are running a version of the software that was supposed to have been reviewed by a third-party company. The main function of the PCOS machine is to read the ballot and count it. How on earth can you say that there is a bug in the software? How can ship this product without testing its main and only feature?

10. Comelec and Smartmatic claimed that it only needs to re-calibrate the software and it can be done via the Compact Flash cards (CF cards). With 2GB of CF card space, one can insert an entirely new firmware into the card and update the PCOS machine! Remember, no more software review possible due to lack of time. The new firmware already pre-determined the winner!

11. The speed by which Comelec and Smartmatic fixed the bug was simply amazing. If they had such good software engineers, how come this bug surfaced in the first place?

12. This entire brouhaha was deliberate! Comelec is hoping for two scenarios - one that the election will be delayed so who ever is their candidate can gain more supporters OR the election pushes through with their new software in place, guaranteeing the victory of their candidate.

13. The opposition is rallying the people for another People Power - whatever the outcome of the polls (unless they win, of course - in that case, tuloy ang ligaya!). They were hoping that they will immediately get the support of the Church, unfortunately they did not. Not everyone believes that there is a need for another People Power!

Again, all of these are simply products of my imagination. However, you cannot help but notice that there MAY BE SOME TRUTH to all of these, right? Scary!