President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo signed into law the P11.3-billion supplemental budget for automation of the May 2010 polls.
Republic Act 9525 or the Supplemental Budget Law, would allow the Commission on Elections to fully automate the elections as it has been pushing for this to address cheating which is rampant during elections.
In a statement, Presidential Political Adviser Gabriel Claudio stressed that signing into law showed the President’s commitment to modernize the electoral process through automation.
This is in order to safeguard the true will of the Filipino electorate as well as ensure honest, efficient, and credible polls next year, he added.
Claudio said the 2010 elections would be a landmark democratic exercise as this would be the first time that the country will adopt the automation system in elections. (PIA/ Bohol)
