FILE PHOTO: Fee on Elections Chairperson George Garcia. INQUIRER / NINO JESUS ORBETA
MANILA, Philippines – The Fee on Elections (Comelec) on Saturday reported that near 80,000 of the anticipated 110,000 automated counting machines (ACMs) for subsequent yr’s polls have arrived within the nation.
The ACMs can be used within the Could 2025 nationwide and native elections and the Bangsamoro Autonomous Area in Muslim Mindanao parliamentary elections.
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“As of yesterday (Friday), we’ve nearly 80,000 machines already delivered to the warehouse of the Comelec in Biñan, Laguna,” Comelec Chairperson George Garcia mentioned in an interview on the sidelines of the ceremonial turnover of printing machines and printing of check ballots on the Nationwide Printing Workplace (NPO) in Quezon Metropolis.
He mentioned the printing of 1.2 million check ballots is anticipated to be accomplished in three days on the most.
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The ballots can be used for the nationwide info marketing campaign on the usage of ACMs.
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Service supplier Miru Techniques has accomplished the manufacture of 105,000 ACMs in South Korea.
“That’s approach forward of our schedule. We anticipate to finish our manufacturing by subsequent week,” Miru vice chairman Ken Cho mentioned.
“So by the tip of November, for certain every little thing can be delivered to the Biñan warehouse. That’s a minimum of a month forward of schedule.”
Garcia mentioned there are a minimum of 68 million registered voters nationwide to this point as reported by nearly 93 p.c of election officers.
Comelec would print ballots based mostly on the variety of voters, tentatively set to start out December.
“We are going to solely print what is critical, in contrast to what occurred prior to now when there have been extra ballots,” he mentioned.