Commission on Elections (COMELEC) Law Department Director Atty. Ferdinand Rafanan told reporters this morning that he remains confident that the automated elections next year will push through despite threats of a looming no elections (NoEl) scenario.
“We are focused on the successful automated elections on May 10, 2010 and I foresee that this will happen,” Rafanan, who also sits as the Chairman of the poll body’s Special Bids and Awards Committee (SBAC), said during the sidelines of the poll automation bidding which resumed today.
“92% of the Filipino people want automation,” he said, as he warned that those who would dare push for NoEl would definitely face the wrath of the people.
The COMELEC legal chief also clarified that the possibility of losing bidders’ derailing the 2010 automated elections by securing a temporary restraining order in its implementation is rather dim.
“The bidders signed a waiver giving-up their right to file a petition for injunction or to seek a temporary restraining order in the bidding process or in the implementation of the automated elections system,” Rafanan said.
“The waiver is part of the COMELEC’s requirements because we don’t want anything to get in the way of next year’s automated elections. Time is of the essence,” he noted. ###
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