The implementation of the Full Automation System with Transparency Audit/Count (FASTrAC) contract for the 2025 polls will push through despite a pending case filed by previous service provider, Smartmatic, before the Supreme Court, the Commission on Elections said. In a news conference Monday, Comelec Chairman George M. Garcia disclosed they have…
THE Commission on Elections said on Monday it is now looking at new transparency measures, including the public posting of the source code, to ensure the credibility of the 2025 National and Local polls. Foremost of the possible changes, Comelec Chairman George M. Garcia said, will be the review process of…
PREPARATIONS of the Commission on Elections have hit a snag after it declared a failed bid for the Online Voting and Counting System (OVCS) to be used for the 2025 polls. However, the poll body was able to make progress on its attempt to secure the service provider for its…
DESPITE the Commission on Elections’ position that the signature-gathering option can continue while the poll body suspends acceptance of the signature sheets, the People’s Initiative to amend the Constitution “is completely dead,” contends veteran election lawyer Romulo Macalintal. “The much talked about move to amend the 1987 Constitution through People’s…
PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. said the government is now studying “bicameral voting” to resolve the ongoing “conflict” between two chambers of Congress on the issue of amending the 1987 Constitution. In an interview with reporters during his concluded state visit in Vietnam, the chief executive said they are now studying…