MANILA, Philippines—Sectoral groups, led by Akbayan Party Chairperson Emeritus Etta Rosales, on Friday urged the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to conduct also special random manual audit (RMA) for the party-list votes in the May 13 polls. Only votes for senators, congressman, and mayors are currently covered by RMA, which started on Wednesday, two days after the midterm elections. ADVERTISEMENTREAD: Random manual audit of May polls to extend for 24 days — LenteIn a letter to Comelec Commissioner Luie Tito Guia, head of the RMA Committee, petitioners said one of the reasons why they were asking for a special RMA for party-list votes is the alleged widespread instances of discrepancy between the votes in the ballots and the result reflected in the vote verification paper audit trail. They also cited the supposed disenfranchisement of voters due to defective vote counting machines (VCMs) and SD cards and reports of misprinted ballots. (Editor: Jonathan P. Vicente)ADVERTISEMENTSee the bigger picture with the Inquirer's live in-depth coverage of the election here https://inq.ph/Election2019Read NextLATEST STORIESMOST READ

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer May 17, 2019 09:00 UTC