THE source code for the automated election systems (AES) adopted by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in the 2010 presidential and 2013 mid-term elections will be temporarily removed from the main vault of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) where it is currently stored for safekeeping.

Comelec Executive Director Jose Tolentino Jr. on Thursday said the safe containing the “source code” will be transferred to another secured area on Friday to give way to the scheduled installation of partitions in the main vault of the BSP main office in Ermita, Manila, to rationalize space utilization.