Despite the discovery of glitches in the poll automated system, Malacañang remains hopeful the national and local elections will push through on May 9, 2016 as scheduled. While the Palace exudes confidence, the opposition United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) expressed concern of a possible no-election (No-El) scenario on May 9, 2016, citing the delays in the ballot printing schedule and the glitches in the source codes. UNA said these problems may prompt the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to invoke its powers to suspend the national and local elections. But Presidential Communications Operations Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. voiced trust and confidence in the Comelec in addressing the problems in the vote-counting machines and ensure the conduct of the automated elections as scheduled. “Comelec is performing its task of ensuring the integrity of the national elections in May,” Coloma said in a text message when asked if the Palace was worried about errors [...]
