Malacañang says there will be no turning back on the full automation of the 2010 elections.
“After President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo signed the P11.3-billion supplemental budget for poll automation approved by Congress, the next step will be to ensure that the procurement of the election automation machines pass without any hitches the test of full transparency,” says Press Secretary Cerge Remonde.
He issued the appeal after some pro-administration solons proposed a “hybrid” type of elections using both manual and automated processes even after both Houses of Congress had passed the P11.3-billion supplemental budget for the automation of the presidential elections next year. (PIA-MMIO)