What is Kontra Daya?

Kontra Daya is a broad-based election watchdog formed to expose the very possible repeat of wholesale election fraud in the May 2007 Philippine elections.

Our situation

The upcoming May elections are crucial for the survival of the nation.

 

With past issues of electoral fraud still unresolved, the Arroyo administration is again poised to rig the coming elections in its favor. The cheating machine is still in place. There are still no reforms in the COMELEC. The “operators” are still well entrenched in the bureaucracy.

 

The vast resources of the presidency are again at the disposal of administration candidates. We anticipate massive illegal spending no different from the multi-million fertilizer fund scam or the Philhealth scam used by Arroyo in 2004.

 

The Garci generals like Esperon and Ebdane are occupying more strategic positions now than in 2004. The military, under various pretexts, remain insistent in engaging in the upcoming polls.

 

There is an ongoing campaign to reduce the number of opposition representatives in the Lower House to prevent another impeachment complaint against the president.

 

Extrajudicial killings have further escalated months before the elections in an clear attempt to terrorize critics of the regime participating in the electoral exercise. The targets of repression include, but are not limited to, partylist formations and leaders of people’s organizations.

 

Everything that discredited the May 2004 elections are still in place and will again be used to ensure the victory of the administration slate. And despite the anticipated massive electoral fraud, the regime will do everything to promote an image of clean and credible elections.

 

Our mission: expose Arroyo fraud and violence

 

There will be massive fraud in the upcoming elections. This is already a certainty. What is crucial for all freedom-loving Filipinos is to remain vigilant and prepare for this eventuality. We must strive to expose all the maneuvers and illegal acts of this administration BEFORE, DURING AND AFTER the May elections. We know all too well that cheating doesn’t happen on election day alone.

 

There is no other moral and logical recourse but to expose Arroyo’s election fraud and violence and rally people to thwart her evil plans.

Our commitment

We shall work closely with individuals, personalities, people’s organizations, faith-based formations, middle forces and other concerned sectors to build a broad based people’s election watchdog. We are willing to cooperate and coordinate with existing political parties, poll watch formations and other electoral watchdogs who share the same goals of exposing and thwarting Arroyo’s election fraud and violence. We shall also seek the cooperation of the international community in observing important developments in our country.

 

We assure the Arroyo administration that a repeat of the election fraud of 2004 will be totally unacceptable and politically costly for her and her cohorts.