President Benigno Aquino 3rd should now appoint Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioners to ensure that the poll body will be ready to conduct the presidential elections in May 2016.

Isabela Rep. Rodito Albano 3rd made the call on Friday in the wake of a Supreme Court Temporary Restraining Order that stopped the P250 million Comelec contract with Smartmatic for the refurbishment of 82,000 Precinct Count Optical Scan machines to be used in the 2016 polls.

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