THE joint congressional oversight committee on Automated Elections System (JCOC-AES) on Thursday expressed disappointment over the problems bugging the Commission on Elections (Comelec), which they said could cause the postponement of polls in some areas.

Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel 3rd, chairman of the JCOC-AES, said he is worried over reports about incompatibilities in the systems used in the counting of votes, the delay in the printing of ballots and the source code that was recently turned over to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP).

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