QUEZON City, Philippines – Several ballots included in the random manual audit were discovered missing but the Commission on Elections assured the public, saying that the missing ballots don’t have an effect on the election results since they were already transmitted prior to their gathering for the random manual audit. Still, the COMELEC is asking those responsible for an explanation as to why the ballots were missing. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, […]
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Ballot boxes to be returned to COMELEC after canvass
QUEZON City, Philippines — After the proclamation of the President and Vice-President, the ballot boxes containing the Certificate of Canvass and the Election Returns were returned from the Congress to the Commission on Elections. The security of the Congress re-examined each boxes before being returned to the COMELEC where it will be archived. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
COMELEC will have nationwide post-election assessment
QUEZON City, Philippines – Chairman Andres Bautista of the Commission on Elections announced that the commission will have a nationwide post-election assessment in order to aid it in the proposed electoral reforms. Bautista added that he has no plans to submit courtesy resignation during the administration of incoming President Rodrigo Duterte because he is the head of an independent constitutional body. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded […]
Marcos files criminal raps vs. Smartmatic Execs, Comelec IT Rep
The camp of vice presidential candidate Senator “Bongbong” R. Marcos, Jr., filed criminal cases before the Manila Prosecutor’s Office (MPO) against Smartmatic executives and an Information Technology (IT) representative of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for their alleged unauthorized change of the script in the transparency server of the Comelec on the night of the May 9 national elections. Charged were Smartmatic executive Marlon Garcia, Elie Moreno, Smartmatic project director; Neil Banigued, a member of […]
Third party independent group iminungkahing magsagawa ng auditing sa automated elections system
QUEZON City, Philippines — Iminungkahi ni Commission on Elections commissioner Rowena Guanzon na isang third party independent group ang magsagawa ng auditing sa automated elections system. Ang mga bubuo sa independent audit team ay wala aniya dapat na ugnayan sa alinmang political party. Ang mga myembro ng grupo ay maari tukuyin ng DOST o kaya ay maaring ang DOST na mismo ang magsagawa ng auditing. Ayon kay Guanzon, makatutulong din ang independent auditing para matukoy […]
Nadiskubreng balota sa isang abandonadong gusali, rejected – Comelec
Nilinaw ng Commission on Elections (Comelec)-Pangasinan na isang rejected ballot at hindi counted ballot ang natagpuan sa isang abandunadong lugar sa Alaminos City. Ayon sa ahensya, hindi ito maituturing na ebidensya sa anumang reklamo ng dayaan ang nasabing balota dahil hindi naman ito counted.
Pananahimik ng Comelec sa dayaan sa eleksyon, binatikos ni Sen. Marcos
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Inupakan na ni Senador Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos ang umano’y pananahimik ng Commission on Elections sa nangyaring dayaan sa katatapos na eleksyon. Sa kaniyang privilege speech, sinabi ni Marcos na kahit digital na ang proseso ng eleksyon tila mas naging talamak ang bilihan ng boto. Mas pinalala pa raw ang dayaan sa pamamagitan ng pakikiaalam sa hash code ng transparency server. Sabi ni marcos nung una inakala nyang hindi totoo ang […]
COMELEC IT group ready to reveal alleged fraud during May 9 elections
QUEZON City, Philippines – A group of IT experts at the Commission on Elections expressed its willingness to appear in front of the Congress in order to share their knowledge regarding the alleged fraud during the May 9 elections. But the group also asked for a guarantee of their rights against self-incrimination as well as the annulment of the non-disclosure agreement that they signed. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by […]
COMELEC asks DOJ to prioritize election code violations
QUEZON City, Philippines – The Commission on Elections will issue a resolution asking the Department of Justice to prioritize investigation and filing of cases against those who violated the Election like those who violated the gun ban and the liquor ban. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Jericho Morales, Uploaded by MRFaith Bonalos)
Pagpapalit ng hash code ng Smartmatic iginiit na hindi maliit na bagay
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Hindi maliit na bagay ang pagpapalit ng ‘hash code’ ng Smartmatic official na si Marlon Garcia sa transparency server ng Commission on Elections (Comelec). Ito ang binigyang diin ni Rodolfo Javellana Jr., ng grupong Mata sa Balota Movement kasunod ng isinampa nilang kasong electoral sabotage sa Ombudsman. Iginiit ni Javellana na ang ginawa ni Garcia ay nakaapekto sa integridad at kredibilidad ng eleksyon. Bukod kay Garcia, sinampahan din ng katulad […]
Comelec, Smartmatic, PPCRV face poll sabotage raps
An election watchdog group filed an electoral sabotage rap against the Commission on Elections, Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting and poll service provider Smartmatic at the Office of the Ombudsman. Mata sa Balota Movement (MBM) filed the complaint. It said the respondents violated the automated election law, after the Smartmatic altered the script, which resulted to a change in the hash code of the poll body’s transparency server. Named as respondents in the complaint […]
SMARTMATIC personnel, not allowed to leave the country
QUEZON City, Philippines – Commissioner Rowena Guanzon passed a memorandum to the Commission on Elections en banc as well as to the proposed investigation committee to write SMARTMATIC and to not allow the personnel of the poll-technology provider to leave the country during the investigation. This is in response to the unauthorized revision of the script of the hash code of the transparency server done by SMARTMATIC which, in turn, raised questions regarding the integrity […]





