AN ELECTION watchdog on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court (SC) to stop the Commission on Elections (Comelec) from spying on its critics using the agency’s P30 million intelligence fund.

The Automated Elections Systems (AES) Watch said the poll body has been gathering information on them, fearing that such data may be used against them by the commission.

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