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The Joint Congressional Oversight Committee on the Automated Election System holds an organizational meeting to discuss preparations for the 2022 national and local elections.

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Sen. Risa Hontiveros asks Comelec about the local source code review of the software for the country's Automatic Election System in preparation for the holding of the 2022 elections. She asked who will be allowed to review the source code and how it will be carried out. 1/3

Comelec Commissioner Marlon Casquejo, citing Comelec Resolution 10712, said among the parties to be given the opportunity to inspect and examine the AES source code are interested political parties, information technology groups and other Filipino programmers. 2/3

Casquejo added the giving away of the actual source code will have to be decided by the Comelec en banc given the security and copyright concerns. #SenatePH 3/3

Sen. Imee Marcos leads the Senate panel in a virtual hearing of the Joint Congressional Oversight Committee on the Automated Election System. The House of Representatives panel was headed by Cong. Elpidio Barzaga Jr. #SenatePH 1/3 @SenImeeMarcos

Marcos said the preparations for the 2022 local and national elections should be the highlight of the hearing.
She recalled that there was a 7-hour power outage or glitch during the 2019 elections and hoped the enhancements for the 2022 elections will prevent such incidents. 2/3

The hearing was also attended by COMELEC Commissioner Marlon Casquejo; COMELEC Exec. Dir. Bartolome Sinocruz, National Citizens’ Movement for Free Elections Sec. Gen. Eric Alvia, and representatives from the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting. #SenatePH 3/3