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MANILA - The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Monday launched the local source code review (LSCR) of the automated election system (AES) to be used in the May 9, 2022 National and Local Elections (NLE). Poll body officials headed by chairman Sheriff Abas welcomed the participants composed of political parties, citizen's arm, civil society groups, at the kickoff activity held at the Diamond Hotel in Manila. Commissioner Marlon Casquejo, head of the Steering Committee and commissioner-in-charge of the LSCR, said the procedure is a pre-election activity that is mandated by the law. "The review of the human-readable instructions that define what the computer system will do commonly referred to as the source code is an innovation that was introduced by Republic Act No. 9369," he said. Section 12 of Republic Act No. 9369 provides that "once an AES technology is selected for implementation, the Commission shall promptly make the source code of that technology availa ....

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