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MANILA, Philippines, July 15 (Eagle News) — Anytime this week, President Benigno S. Aquino III will hold a joint meeting with Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas, Senator Grace Poe and Senator Francis Escudero regarding who will be the running mate of Roxas in the 2016 elections. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
QUEZON City, Philippines, June 15 (Eagle News) — Information Technology (IT) experts urged the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) to try the new two technologies as an alternative voting system to the Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) machines for the 2016 elections. The said two technologies were the Transparent and Credible Election System (TCES) and the Fairness, Accuracy, Integrity, Transparency, and Honesty (FAITH).
MANILA, Philippines, June 3 (Eagle News) — According to Senator Francis Escudero, Senator Grace Poe is qualified to run for presidency as she is a resident of the Philippines since 2005. The statement counters Navotas Representative Toby Tiangco who said that Senator Poe is not qualified to run for president in 2016 since she did not possess the necessary residency requirements. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
MANILA, Philippines, June 1 (Eagle News) — As the 2016 presidential election nears, the Commission on Election (COMELEC) contemplates the recommended hybrid election which combines automated and manual systems of elections. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
MANILA, Philippines, May 25 (Eagle News) — A former Catholic official gave strongly-worded criticisms against politicians who were conducting early advertisement campaigns prior to the upcoming elections. The Commission on Election (COMELEC), on the other hand, said that said politicians can only be declared to have engaged in prohibited premature advertising only after they have filed certificate of candidacy.
QUEZON City, Philippines, April 23 (Eagle News) — The leaders of the House of Representatives expressed different opinions regarding the issue of full automation of the upcoming 2016 elections, with House Speaker Sonny Belmonte saying that he will not allow a return to manual election while others are calling for a semi-automatic election. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
MANILA, Philippines, April 17 (Eagle News) — The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) assured the public that it still has enough time to prepare for the 2016 elections despite the various delays encountered by the said Commission. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
An election lawyer expressed his concern that the 2016 elections may be postponed due to the issues faced by the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) regarding the precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machine.
The group Volunteers against Crime and Corruption believes that DILG Secretary Mar Roxas is only using the issue of fight against corruption to campaign early for the 2016 elections. According to VACC Chairman Dante Jimenez, Roxas is losing his direction since he started mixing the fight against corruption with his personal ambition. Secretary Roxas is yet to react to the allegations of Jimenez.
The Commission on Elections is confident that they will have 13 million voters to register or have their records corrected before the 2016 elections due to the huge turnout on the first day of registration.
The registration of new voters for the 2016 elections officially starts today with the Commission on Elections simultaneously starting its “Walkah-walkah” education campaign. The registration period will last until October 31, 2015.
