-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 not to mention being smart ass gloria whores.
sorry for the profanity. just couldn't help it. came from deep within. :D Paolo Alexis Falcone wrote: > At the risk of being cynical, the guys running the show at Comelec > are just hopelessly stubborn and stone hearted when it comes to the > source code review. Only lawsuits will stop them now. > > Sent from my Nokia phone -----Original Message----- From: jan > gestre Sent: 2009-10-09 09:36:39 Subject: Re: [plug] The Death of > Election 2010 Source Code Review > > What's with this? <snip> > > US-BASED SysTest Labs was declared as the winning bidder that will > certify the source code of the software to be installed in the > 82,200 precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines for the May 2010 > elections. > > Poll Commissioner Rene Sarmiento said that out of the four > international companies that participated in the bidding last week, > SystTest Labs was able to comply with all the requirements set by > the Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the Commission on Elections > (Comelec). > > Taken from --> > http://www.sunstar.com.ph/manila/us-firm-wins-bid-review-pcos-source-code > They're not allowing Cenpeg et al. but the awarded a bid to a US > based firm? WTF. > > > On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 5:17 PM, Junn Flores <ergo...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > Pablo Manalastas wrote: >>>> The Center for People Empowerment in Governance (CenPEG) is >>>> making one LAST FINAL APPEAL to COMELEC to release the source >>>> code of the election computer programs NOW, so that we can do >>>> a source code review. >>>> >>>> If you believe in this CAUSE, please help CenPEG by >>>> supporting this appeal. You can do so by replying to this >>>> email, adding your name, position, etc to the end of the >>>> list, and email this reply to >>>> >>>> "Evi Jimenez" <evime...@gmail.com> >>>> >>>> Ms.Evi Jimenez is a Director of CenPEG coordinating this >>>> appeal. Thanks >>>> >>>> ~Pablo Manalastas~ >>>> >>>> >>>> Forwarded message: >>>> >>>> From: evi jimenez <evime...@gmail.com> Date: Wed, Sep 30, >>>> 2009 at 5:10 PM Subject: For Signing_Joint Appeal for release >>>> of source code_Sept30 To: bobbyl...@hotmail.com, "Bro. Vince >>>> Fernandez" <brvince...@yahoo.com>, bromannyhil...@yahoo.com >>>> >>>> >>>> Sept. 29, 2009 >>>> >>>> Dear Friends, >>>> >>>> After going around to share the findings of our study on the >>>> AES, we now ask for your support. Can you help follow up the >>>> Comelec to release the source code for review, as mandated in >>>> RA 9369 and which was approved en banc to be given to CenPEG >>>> for independent review by its network of computer scientists >>>> in the academe? >>>> >>>> The recent storm Ondoy last week hit us unprepared. Many >>>> lives were lost and billions of pesos worth of property >>>> destroyed. THAT was a disaster of terrible magnitude that >>>> could have been prevented, or at least mitigated through a >>>> comprehensive disaster preparedness program. The coming >>>> automated polls, the first to be implemented nationwide, will >>>> need the same preparedness. >>>> >>>> Please support the cause for a credible and transparent >>>> election by signing the following Statement. Emailing us back >>>> with a short note to confirm your signature would be most >>>> appreciated. You may also download the attached copy of the >>>> Appeal and ask your friends especially those who attended our >>>> briefings, to sign. We are rushing against time. There is >>>> little time left for a meaningful source code review. >>>> >>>> >>>> Thank you very much! >>>> >>>> >>>> Evi >>>> >>>> Center for People Empowerment in Governance www.cenpeg.org >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> A FOLLOW-UP APPEAL TO THE COMELEC >>>> >>>> COMPLY WITH THE AUTOMATED ELECTION SYSTEM LAW; >>>> >>>> RELEASE THE SOURCE CODE FOR REVIEW NOW! >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> September 30, 2009 >>>> >>>> The country has barely eight months to go before May 10, 2010 >>>> when 48 million Filipino voters are expected to troop to the >>>> polls. On that day, the voters shade their votes on small >>>> ovals opposite the names of their candidates on ballots 2.5 >>>> feet long, and feed the ballots into the Precinct Count >>>> Optical Scan-Optical Mark Reader (PCOS-OMR) machines that >>>> will read and count their votes, and transmit the vote >>>> tallies at the end of voting day to the Consolidation and >>>> Canvassing System (CCS) machines. If everything goes as >>>> planned, the next President, Vice President, and other >>>> national and local elective officials will be known in 2-3 >>>> days. >>>> >>>> For the speed that it promises, the Automated Election System >>>> (AES) is certainly revolutionary, and the AES Law or RA 9369, >>>> a landmark piece of legislation that could modernize the >>>> fraud-ridden voting in the Philippines. But speed without >>>> addressing the deep-seated problem of cheating in the country >>>> will make the automated election a wasteful exercise at >>>> PhP7.2 billion. Machines can help, but will not solve fraud >>>> completely. >>>> >>>> The voters must be assured that the machines themselves >>>> cannot be used as instruments for cheating, that they have >>>> been programmed correctly and are internally resistant to >>>> vote rigging. For this, the RA 9369 provides for certain >>>> safeguards that the Comelec is duty bound to implement. One >>>> of the key safeguards is the source code review provision: >>>> >>>> Section 12 [Sec 14] of RA 9369 mandates, Once an AES >>>> technology is selected for implementation, the Commission >>>> shall promptly make the source code of that technology >>>> available and open to any interested political party or >>>> groups which may conduct their own review thereof." >>>> [underscoring supplied] >>>> >>>> Source code is the human-readable set of computer program >>>> instructions used to specify the internal actions to be >>>> performed by the PCOS-OMR called SAES-1800 (Smartmatic >>>> Auditable Election System) machines and CCS called REIS >>>> (Real-Time Information System) computers. A most thorough >>>> examination of the source code for correctness and security >>>> of the programs running in the e-voting machines to be used >>>> for the first time in the countrys election history must be >>>> undertaken by reputable computer scientists who are known for >>>> their independence and probity and are unattached to the >>>> vendor or the Comelec.. This will ascertain that the programs >>>> in the machines will correctly implement the provisions of RA >>>> 9369 for counting, canvassing, and transmission of the votes >>>> and that any serious security flaws are identified and >>>> properly fixed. More than the external procedural features of >>>> the machines that is, feeding of the ballots into the >>>> PCOS-OMR machines to printing of the Election Returns the >>>> correctness and the security of the internal programs running >>>> in the machines should be of primordial concern. >>>> >>>> It was in this spirit of transparency that on May 26, 2009, >>>> the Center for People Empowerment in Governance (CenPEG) >>>> wrote the Comelec requesting for the source code of the >>>> counting and canvassing computers as well as the election >>>> database and servers. On June 10, the Comelec en banc >>>> approved the release of the source code for review through >>>> its Minute Resolution No. 09-0366 but it was delivered to >>>> CenPEG only on July 10, the day of the contract signing >>>> between the Comelec and Smartmatic-TIM. >>>> >>>> To this day, however, the Comelec has not yet released the >>>> source code, citing as reasons the following: lack of >>>> guidelines (Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez), premature >>>> release (Comelec Executive Director Jose Tolentino, also >>>> PMO), CenPEG (and other groups) to apply (first) as resource >>>> person & and under controlled conditions, and the source >>>> code does not currently exist (Atty. Ferdinand Rafanan of >>>> the Comelec legal department), and we are still waiting for >>>> Smartmatic-TIM to turn over the source code so that it could >>>> be opened for review (Commissioner Rene Sarmiento who >>>> pointed out that the source code is not owned by Smartmatic >>>> but by another firm, Canadas Dominion Voting Systems!). >>>> >>>> Then on the September 21 poll automation forum on ANC TV, >>>> Atty. Rafanan delivered a final blow to the call for source >>>> code review by announcing that CenPEG (and other interested >>>> groups) will not do a source code review, but that an >>>> international certification agency will do it as a requisite >>>> to TEC (Technical Evaluation Committee) certification. This >>>> announcement is misleading. As clearly spelled out in RA >>>> 9369, the certification by TEC through an international >>>> entity is a separate requirement (Sec. 9) from the mandate to >>>> release the source code for review by interested groups (Sec. >>>> 12). >>>> >>>> We, concerned citizens and organizations from various >>>> professions and sectors, join other interested groups like >>>> CenPEG in demanding that the source code be made available to >>>> interested groups as provided by law so that it may be >>>> reviewed by competent computer experts who are not vendors or >>>> Comelec-designated but are independent and known for their >>>> probity and integrity in the IT hardware and software >>>> security industry. >>>> >>>> Source code review, in accordance with international >>>> standards, takes time. Any further delay in the release of >>>> the source code for thorough examination by interested >>>> groups will surely frustrate the intent of the law to give >>>> all concerned the opportunity to review the source code and >>>> be assured of the integrity of the e-voting system. >>>> >>>> We believe that implementing this particular safeguard, even >>>> if not a sure-cure to fraud, is a big step toward ensuring >>>> the integrity of the automated election system, that internal >>>> safeguards are well plugged in while assuring the Filipino >>>> voters that the machines are secured, accurate, and reliable. >>>> Reviewing the source code will certainly not make the system >>>> impervious to external attacks and manipulation but rather >>>> make it more immune to manipulation as possible >>>> vulnerabilities are identified and fixed beforehand. In >>>> landmark cases in the U.S., more and more citizens groups >>>> are calling for e-voting systems to be periodically reviewed >>>> long before the elections to check if they are defective, >>>> obsolete, or otherwise unacceptable. >>>> >>>> We reiterate in strongest terms our call for the Comelec to >>>> comply with Sec. 12 of RA 9369 and release the source code of >>>> the PCOS-OMR and CCS computer programs NOW before it is too >>>> late.. >>>> >>>> As we sign this joint statement, of primordial concern to us >>>> are the rights of the voters and the integrity of the voting >>>> system. While our demand for the release of the source code >>>> is based on law, we believe that the review is critical on >>>> moral, political and economic grounds. Let us work together >>>> in making sure that the integrity of the machines and our >>>> votes will not be under grave threats. >>>> >>>> Signed: >>>> >>>> Name Organization >>>> Designation >>>> >>>> Alfredo E. Pascual University of the >>>> Philippines President >>>> >>>> Alumni Association (UPAA) >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Bishop Broderick S. Pabillo National Secretariat for >>>> Chairman >>>> >>>> Social Action (NASSA)- >>>> >>>> Catholic Bishops Conference >>>> >>>> Of the Philippines (CBCP) >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Bishop Deogracias S. Iniguez Public Affairs Committee >>>> Chairman >>>> >>>> CBCP >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Angelito S. Averia, Jr.. Philippine Computer >>>> >>>> Emergency Response Team (PhCERT) President >>>> >>>> >>>> > Salvador P. 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