MANILA, Philippines — Senate President Vicente Sotto III opposed Sunday an alleged bid to allow the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to waive safeguards in the procurement of equipment and materials for automated elections.
On Twitter, election lawyer Emil Maraon said “someone at the Senate” was attempting to insert a provision in the 2021 national budget giving Comelec authority to disregard all the requirements and safeguards in Section 12 of the Automated Election Law.
Section 12 of the law deals with the procurement of election equipment and materials, including safeguards such as that “the system procured must have demonstrated capability and been successfully used in a…
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