MANILA, Philippines – The National Citizens’ Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) was among the stakeholders who agreed to use the transmission router for vote-counting machines (VCMs) in the May 13 midterm elections, Commission on Elections (Comelec) said Friday. Comelec Spokesman James Jimenez issued the statement after Namfrel supposedly claimed that it was “not aware of the transmission router solution” that was recently linked to the controversial “meet-me-room” server. ADVERTISEMENTREAD: Comelec: ‘Meet me room’ not a separate server, only a transmission gatewayJimenez noted that Namfrel was among those that agreed to the use of the transmission router, citing minutes of a consultation last January 17. In the same meeting, Jimenez said that the Comelec laid down conditions on the use of the transmission router, was “unanimously” agreed upon. “It was always the idea for the transmission router to just be a traffic cop.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer May 17, 2019 13:18 UTC