SINISI ng Alliance of Concerned Teachers ang Commission on Elections sa paghirap ng trabaho ng mga guro na nagsilbing Board of Elections Inspectors noong Lunes.
Ayon kay ACT national chairperson Joselyn Martinez ibinala maraming guro ang nahirapan sa pagpapaboto dahil sa kapalpakan ng mga gamit na ibinigay ng Comelec.
“The experience of teacher-poll workers is part and parcel of the established dirty and problematic system of elections in the country. We cannot blame the people to question the integrity and credibility of the 2019 midterm polls because clearly, COMELEC failed to give them the kind of elections they deserve,” ani Martinez.
Nangunguna sa naging problema ng mga guro ang pagkasira ng mga Vote-Counting Machine at Voter Registration Verification Machine.
“67.72% of the total reports we have documented had to do with machine and paraphernalia issues, putting into question the ampleness of Comelec’s technical preparations for the elections, and whether the billions spent on acquiring these were worth the taxpayers’ money,” dagdag pa ni Martinez.
Inamin ng Comelec na mas maraming ang mga VCM na nasira ngayon kumpara noong 2016 elections.
“Teachers have done their best and delivered beyond what is expected of them, as they see poll duty as a nationalist calling. Sadly, however trustworthy and dependable our teachers are, more powerful forces in the society will always have the upperhand in the making or breaking of elections,” saad ni Martinez.