| Comelec
urges League to bring forth issues and concerns on poll automation
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Gov.
Petilla raises a number of questions relative to the
Comelec’s poll automation program to Commissioner
Rene Sarmiento, foremost of them is the integrity of
the results of the elections with the using the Precinct
Count Optical machines. |
THE
Comelec is poised not to leave any stone unturned in its preparations
for the implementation of the automated poll program during
the May 10, 2010 national and local elections as it exhorted
the governors to raise all their issues and concerns relative
to the upcoming political exercise.
Commissioner Rene Sarmiento presented to the governors the
mechanics Comelec’s poll automation program, which will
be going through an acid test in the coming elections, after
having been initially rolled out during the ARMM regional
polls.
As some governors have manifested their support for the use
of modern technology for next year’s political exercise,
a number of them have expressed interest for their province
to be a site for the field testing, mock elections and the
roadshow which the Comelec will undertake in the next few
months.
Inasmuch as the contract to supply the Precinct Count Optical
Scan machines and its corresponding software to be used in
next year’s elections to Smartmatic/Total Information
Management, the Comelec is focused on the other preparations
such as registration of new voters, cleansing of the voter’s
list, automation and its cooperation with government offices
and NGOs.
Sarmiento assured the governors that “the Comelec is
not distracted by talks about charter change via constituent
assembly.”(Click here to see the full story )

An
open letter on the Provincial Government of Sulu’s efforts
toward development and investment promotion
By:
GOV. ABDUSAKUR M. TAN
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