A friend from abroad, who regularly visits the Philippines and takes keen interest in political and business developments here, has written me a long note in reaction to my column (“The question Comelec must answer,” Manila Times, 17 May 2016), and in comment on Smartmatic’s tampering with the Comelec transparency server.

I reproduce his note in this space today because of his unsettling warning that this anomaly could be more complex and bigger than we realize.