I WAS going through different television channels on Tuesday night and saw a public affairs program being aired by a major network. There, Commission on Elections (Comelec) spokesman James Jimenez was talking about the supposed security protocols that they employed during the printing of the official ballots. He also denied the reported hacking of Comelec's servers. In a subsequent program, there was a commentary on the pre-election surveys, and Ronald Holmes, the president of Pulse Asia, was the guest in that show.

I winced while listening to Jimenez and subsequently, to Holmes, knowing that their statements should be taken as mere verbiage if not hot air.