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MANILA, Philippines: The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has still no jurisdiction over the reported peoples initiative to amend the 1987 Constitution.

ALBAY 1st District Rep. Edcel Lagman claimed on Tuesday that the budget for the conduct of plebiscites and referendums ballooned by 700 percent due to an insertion made by the Bicameral Conference Committee under the budget of the Commission on Elections (Comelec).

The Office of the Ombudsman approved the filing of two graft charges against former Commission on Elections Commissioner Rowena Guanzon, it was reported Monday.

The Office of the Ombudsman has indicted former Commission on Elections (Comelec) commissioner Ma. Rowena Amelia Guanzon over complaints for violation of Republic Act (RA) 3019, or the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act.

MANILA, Philippines: The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will hold the next round of bidding for a new fully automated election system (AES) that it will use in the Jan. 8, 2025 National Local Elections (NLE).

Instead of January 4, interested bidders for the Full Automation System with Transparency Audit/Count (FASTrAC) project are being given by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) until January 8, 2024, to submit their bids.

THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) has called for a second bidding for a new fully automated election system technology that it will use in the 2025 national and local elections (NLE) after its first bidding was declared a failure.

On the heels of a failed public bidding for the Full Automation System with Transparency Audit/Count project, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) is looking to hold a second round of bidding process for the 2025 poll automation project in early January 2024.

After the disqualification of Smartmatic Philippines Inc., the Commission on Elections (Comelec) is now being urged to shun foreign companies from participating in the conduct of electoral exercises in the country.

Technology provider Smartmatic on Thursday questioned its disqualification from all procurements of the Commission on Elections (Comelec), saying that the basis for such were false and non-existent.