The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will start dispatching election equipment and supplies on Saturday. “Loading of the trucks that will be delivering the AES (Automated Election System) equipment and supplies to the various locations nationwide. So we’re starting the loading now. We are expecting it to be completed by around midnight tonight (Friday). And then, we will dispatch the trucks,” said Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez in a press briefing. He noted that the event is open to political parties, stakeholders, and members of the media. “The Comelec, chairman (Saidamen) Pangarungan has invited everyone to witness the sealing of these trucks

The party-list system should not be abused as “gateways” by the rich and powerful to occupy seats in government, nor as “legal fronts” by communist rebels, a lawmaker on Friday said. In an interview, Ang Probinsyano Party-List Representative Alfred delos Santos said party-list groups should genuinely represent the interest of marginalized sectors, as intended under the 1987 Constitution. “The party-list system should not be used as a gateway of those aspiring seats in Congress, nor should it be used by people allegedly serving as legal fronts of communist rebels seeking to overthrow the government,” he said. He emphasized that party-list