The poll watchdog Kontra Daya held as liable the Commission on Elections and the Arroyo administration on the "questionable" past May 14 national polls
Kontra Daya based their preliminary post election report on the groups’ own documentation, field date from the Task Force Poll Watch, reports from the People’s International Observers Mission, correspondence with other watchdog groups such as Namfrel, Alliance of Concerned Teachers as well as media reports.
The group said in their initial conclusions that, "The 2007 elections are compromised by the Comelec’s failure to ensure the credibility of the polls. At the least, it failed to dismantle the structural systems and conditions encouraging wholesale fraud. At most, it showed complicity with blatant acts of fraud and other violations of the Election Code."
"Even the traditional watchdog groups such as Namfrel and PPCRV, that are official citizens’ arms of the COMELEC, have carefully refrained from issuing statements absolving the COMELEC of election negligence, mismanagement or sabotage," they said.
They noted that there are indications that the Arroyo administration is engaged in large-scale electoral fraud in an attempt to secure favorable results.