{"id":221236,"date":"2019-07-02T19:53:52","date_gmt":"2019-07-02T23:53:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=221236"},"modified":"2019-07-02T19:53:52","modified_gmt":"2019-07-02T23:53:52","slug":"namfrel-backs-sottos-hybrid-election-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/07\/02\/namfrel-backs-sottos-hybrid-election-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Namfrel backs Sotto’s hybrid election bill"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On Monday, Sotto filed the Hybrid Election Bill as part of his 10 priority measures in the 18th Congress. (File Photo<\/a>: Senate of the Philippines\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— An election watchdog expressed support for Senate President Vicente Sotto III’s proposed bill for a hybrid election system in the country.<\/p>\n

National Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) chairman Gus Lagman noted that he has been pushing for such kind of election system during his time as a Commissioner of the Commission on Elections (Comelec).<\/p>\n

“I designed a hybrid system that Namfrel has sent to the Senate, House, and some media outlets. So, obviously, I do support that kind of system,” he said in an interview Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The head of the election watchdog added that he is willing to explain the system to the concerned group or people.<\/p>\n

Lagman added that under the hybrid election system, there will be manual voting and counting while the transmission and canvassing will be automated.<\/p>\n

“It will become more transparent and more accurate, therefore, more credible,” he said.<\/p>\n

At the same time, the Namfrel official is hoping that the measure will be passed into law and will be implemented as early as the 2022 presidential elections.<\/p>\n

The Comelec had previously rejected the concept of a hybrid election system, noting that it is against the Election Automation Law or Republic Act 9369.<\/p>\n

On Monday, Sotto filed the Hybrid Election Bill as part of his 10 priority measures in the 18th Congress.<\/p>\n

In 2015, Lagman presented the Precinct Automated Tallying System (PATaS) as an alternative to the automated election system.<\/p>\n

He explained that PAtaS is a semi-automated system: manual voting and counting in polling precincts, and automated canvassing through electronic transmission of election returns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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