Comelec eyes P14B additional budget

THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) is considering asking Congress for a P14-billion supplementary budget for the purchase of additional counting machines for use in the 2016 elections.

This is one of the options being eyed by the poll body should the Supreme Court (SC) fails to lift the temporary restraining order it issued stopping the implementation of the contract awarded to Smartmatic for the diagnostics and repair of 82,000 old precinct count optical machines (PCOS).