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TECHNOLOGY CHANGING POLITICAL DYNAMICS "People Power II" -- as the events of January 17 to 20 are now called -- was different from first "People Power" in February 1986 in three key ways. First, "People Power I" resulted from manipulation of vote counting in the snap elections and triggered by a military faction that was forced to come out in the open after its coup plot was discovered, while "People Power II" resulted from a series of allegations …

…p to bottom -- since the "bottom" will by then wield considerable clout with access to vital data. "IT will change the politician," Mr. Javier said. However, he strssed the use of technology is still a man-machine affair. "And the one controlling the affair is the man, not technology," he said. Technology will just do whatever it is told to do, Mr. Javier said, but the man at the user end can still be corrupted.