THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) has spent P70 billion for old Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) machines and will spend approximately another P38.8 billion between now and the 2019 mid-term elections for a total of P108.8 billion.
The staggering amount has prompted the Comelec en banc to forego its option to purchase all-new 93,977 Optical Mark Reader (OMR) machines that it would lease from technology provider Smartmatic Corp. to ensure that the fortune that it has spent and will spend for the PCOS machines would not go to waste.
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