NEWLY appointed Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Andres Bautista could be the Aquino administration’s saving grace for clean and credible elections in 2016 even as an election watchdog lauded the former law dean for being open to alternative automated systems for next year’s polls.

A few days after being named as new Comelec chief, Bautista attended a forum and demonstration of alternative election systems sponsored by election watchdogs at the University of the Philippines last week.

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