Comelec vows transparency in 2025 elections source code review

MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Friday vowed transparency in the launch of local source code review for the 2025 elections.

According to Comelec Chairman George Garcia, the source code serves as the “brain” that will feed the automated counting machines to check if they will function accurately on the day of 2025 election day.

“‘Yung source code, sa ordinaryo nating pang-unawa, yan ang utak na nagbibigay kaalaman sa ating mga makina, ano ang gagawin nila, papaano magpeperform yung makina, paano sila bibilang, paano magtatransmit,” said Garcia in an ambush interview.

(Source code, in our ordinary understanding, is the brain that feeds the machines on what they will do, how they will perform, how they will count and how they will transmit.)

“Pag-aaralan kung tama ba talaga yung command, tama ba talaga yung code, tama ba talaga yung nandyan sa utos ng mismong source code sa atin makina,” Garcia added.

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(It will study if the command is accurate, if the code is right, and if the command of the actual source code in the machines is right.)

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