SC rejects Cenpeg, upholds Comelec on source code tiff By Benjamin B. Pulta 05/03/2011

SC rejects Cenpeg, upholds Comelec on source code tiff

By Benjamin B. Pulta 05/03/2011

The Supreme Court (SC) has turned down for lack of merit a motion filed by an advocacy group seeking to cite the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in contempt over restrictions it imposed on the review of source codes for the Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) machines of the Smartmatic consortium in the automated elections held last year.

The decision, in effect, upheld the right of the Comelec to impose security measures in allowing third-party groups to conduct an independent review of the

source code used in the automation election system (AES) provided by Smartmatic-Total Information Management Corp. (TIM) for the computerized 2010 polls.

The Center for Empowerment in Governance (Cenpeg), identified with newly appointed Comelec Commissioner Augusto Lagman, claimed the poll body acted contumaciously in imposing restrictions on the review of the source codes for the automated elections..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20110503hed6.html