MANILA, Philippines – Four party-list groups on Friday asked the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to stop the canvassing of votes due to numerous glitches reported on election day nationwide. Party-list groups Append, Partido Lakas ng Masa, Murang Kuryente and Ang Nars filed a manifestation and urgent motion with the Comelec to grant them access to election data and audit logs from vote-counting machines (VCMs) and servers and to cancel or suspend canvassing and proclamation of winners. ADVERTISEMENTIn their nine-page petition shared with media Friday evening, the party-list groups cited the defective VCMs, SD cards, and the seven-hour glitch in the transparency server which delayed the release of partial and unofficial results to media groups and poll watchdogs. Discrepancies and manifest errors in the certificates of canvass may have arisen as a result of these technical glitches,” the groups said. The Comelec has so far canvassed 146 Certificates of Canvass or 87.43 percent of the total 167 COCs as of Friday evening.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer May 17, 2019 14:03 UTC