{"id":47542,"date":"2015-04-23T20:38:44","date_gmt":"2015-04-23T12:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=47542"},"modified":"2025-01-07T14:04:46","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T19:04:46","slug":"palace-2016-election-must-push-through","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/04\/23\/palace-2016-election-must-push-through\/","title":{"rendered":"Palace: 2016 election must push through"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_42039\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42039\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/election-posters-philippines-political-ads.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-42039\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/election-posters-philippines-political-ads.jpg\" alt=\"Political ads can be found everywhere during election season in the Philippines (Carlo Marco Simpao \/ flickr)\" width=\"640\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/election-posters-philippines-political-ads.jpg 640w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/election-posters-philippines-political-ads-300x216.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-42039\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Political ads can be found everywhere during election season in the Philippines (Carlo Marco Simpao \/ flickr)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA &#8212; The Palace said the May 2016 general elections must push through despite the scrapping of a deal on the repair of voting machines, which could disrupt election preparations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe election should push through.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy propecia online <a href=\"https:\/\/watchrx.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/propecia.html\">watchrx.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/propecia.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> It is constitutionally mandated and everybody should comply with the Constitution.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy chloroquine online <a href=\"https:\/\/watchrx.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/chloroquine.html\">watchrx.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/chloroquine.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p> We are very certain that the Comelec (Commission on Elections) is very aware of its mandated role of making sure that elections happen in 2016,\u201d Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda told reporters during Wednesday\u2019s press briefing in Malaca\u00f1ang.<\/p>\n<p>Lacierda was responding to questions regarding concerns that next year\u2019s election could be postponed after the Supreme Court nullified the PHP268.8 million contract between the Comelec and Smartmatic-Total Information Management for the repair of 82,000 voting machines.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy ivermectin online <a href=\"https:\/\/watchrx.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/ivermectin.html\">watchrx.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/ivermectin.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>According to the Supreme Court, the Comelec had violated the procurement law when it directly hired Smartmatic-TIM for the maintenance of the voting machines instead of holding a public bidding.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have an existing law on automated elections, so we expect Comelec to comply with all existing laws,\u201d Lacierda said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs to the technical concerns, we will leave it with Comelec to make sure how to operationalize the 2016 elections in the light of the Supreme Court decision,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Under the Constitution, the presidential and vice presidential elections occur every second Monday of May, every sixth year after May 1992.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA &#8212; 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