COMELEC shrugs concerns over election automation
The country’s Commission on Elections have shrugged the insinuations of a failed automated elections even as the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) aired concerns over the preparations for the first nationwide computerized elections.
The CBCP through Bishop Nereo Odchimar spelled serious questions about the reliability and integrity of the equipment and the personnel involved have not been satisfactorily answered.
In a pastoral statement issued, the CBCP asks for an alternative system that should be put in place.
By shrugging over what it termed as apocalyptic predictions, Commission on Elections Chair Jose Melo called for sobriety adding that the predictions are not helping.
We should all calm down and soon, we will see that our objectives will be attained,” Melo said. (PIA)
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