MANILA – Filipinos have a saying that there are no losers in Philippine elections; only winners and those whom the winners have cheated. This can be another way of saying that the losers in Philippine elections are invariably sore losers (and the winners inevitable cheaters). Sure enough, a week after election day the whining hasn’t stopped – and a winner hasn’t even been declared yet. The official tally – done manually – can take up to a month. It is the unofficial tallies that have stirred the grousing.
