Newly-appointed Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioners Ernesto Ferdinand P. Maceda, Jr. and Nelson J. Celis, took their respective Oaths of Office before Chairman George Erwin Garcia on Monday, Oct. 10 as well as in the presence of the whole Comelec en banc.
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(PNA file photo) MANILA-The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will begin this weekend the investigation of the over 900 vote counting machines (VCMs) that encountered issues during the May 9 polls. According to Commissioner George Garcia, the Comelec Steering Committee headed by Commissioner Marlon Casquejo will meet on Saturday with the Comelec Advisory Council (CAC) and the Project Management Office (PMO) to discuss the matter. He said the holding of the meeting is in response to the call of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte to investigate why the VCMs did not function during the elections. "In view of the call of the President to investigate the defective VCMs during the election last Monday, Commissioner Casquejo, the head of the steering committee, will convene tomorrow (May 14), the CAC and the PMO to get to the bottom of this issue," Garcia said in a Viber message to members of the media on Friday. Earlier, Duterte urged the Comelec to look into hundreds of VCMs that malfu
(PNA file photo) MANILA-The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is not supportive of calls to extend the voting hours amid reports that some precincts did not open on time. According to Comelec Commissioner George Garcia, there is no reason to extend voting nationwide since the reported delays due to power outages which are only minimal and have already been resolved. "The extension of voting, at this point, is negative. Up until this time, the Comelec en Banc has decided that voting will be until 7 p.m. Nothing will justify (the) extension of voting at this point," he said in a press briefing on Monday. "The brownouts in some areas lasted for only about 15 minutes. That's not that long," the poll body official added. On the other hand, Comelec Commissioner Marlon Casquejo said there's still enough time for voters to cast their votes. "In my opinion, all these voters will be catered (to) until 7 p.m.," he said. Meanwhile, Garcia noted there is nothin
The winning senators and party-list organizations in the 2022 polls may already be known by May 16.
Comelec/MB "As far as the Comelec is concerned, perhaps we can canvass the result of the senators and party lists up to May 15," Comelec Commissioner George Garcia said in a television interview,
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