A PETITION was filed Wednesday before the Supreme Court (SC) seeking to compel the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to stop the implementation of the automated polls this May 10.
In an 18-page petition, the Concerned Citizens Movement (CCM) led by lawyer Harry Roque Jr. asked the High Court to issue a temporary restraining order and/or a preliminary injunction to compel the Comelec to go back to manual counting of votes.
This is to preserve the integrity of the election in light of several glitches in the voting machines that were reported last Monday, the group said.
Named respondents in the suit were the Comelec, led by its chairman Jose Melo, Budget Joaquin Lagonera, and private consortium Smartmatic-TIM.
CCM is the same group that asked the SC to nullify the P7.2 billion poll automation deal between the Comelec and Smartmatic-TIM. (PIA-Bohol)
