THE Philippines made history when it held national elections on May 9, 2016 because of several feats never achieved before by the Commission on Elections (Comelec), according to Democracy Watch, a citizen-led democratic initiative.

The group on Thursday said the elections saw the largest deployment of Vote Counting Machines (VCM) not only in the Philippines and the region but the whole world. Some glitches were reported but these incidents were negligible and did not detract from the efficiency of the polls in general.

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