Nograles to Gordon: Name 2010 poll saboteurs

House Speaker Prospero Nograles on Thursday dared Senator Richard Gordon to identify the congressmen who he said are out to sabotage next year's automated elections. “Name the names because we are already 268 congressmen and congresswomen. It's hard to solve his crossword puzzle," Nograles said in a statement. "It is is unfair to the 268 members of the House of Representatives, and to all concerned who are now toiling to make the 2010 polls a success," he added. Gordon claimed Wednesday that he received reports that some congressmen are plannnig to stop the implementation of the 2010 polls. The senator, however, did not substantiate his claim. [See: 'Politicians out to sabotage 2010 polls'] Even as he said Gordon probably had no ill intentions in making the statement, Nograles said what the senator said was "uncalled for" and that it was "unfair" for him not to give out details. Gordon is the author of the Republic Act 9369 or the Amended Automated Elections System Law. In his press conference Wednesday, he said the politicians out to sabotage the 2010 polls are afraid that they would lose in the elections. Despite widely-voiced fears about possible electoral fraud, Commission on Elections (Comelec) officials have repeatedly assured that they would ensure clean, honest, and orderly elections in 2010. - GMANews.TV