Namfrel declines accreditation as Comelec citizen’s arm
Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Fri, 03 May 2019 10:20:07 +0000
The National Citizen’s Movement for Free Elections has declined its accreditation as citizen’s arm of the Commission on Elections for the May 13 mid-term elections.
In a manifestation submitted to the Comelec on April 30, the group said they decided to decline the accreditation after the poll body denied them full access to open data and information.
“Without open access to information and data, Petitioner is unable to participate in the Random Manual Audit because the inaccesibility diminishes the verifiability of data separately provided during the RMA,” they said in their manifestation.
Some of the data and information that the Namfrel is asking for include the Election Day and precinct computerized voters’ list, project of precincts and related precinct statistics, any of the 28th to the 30th copy of the municipal, city, district, provincial, or national Certificate of Canvass, any of the 27th to the 30th copy of the precinct election return, and the municipality or city statement of votes.
The Namfrel is also asking for access to the transmitted ER from the main server, audit logs, DNS server logs, single line transmission diagram, data structure of transmitted ER and CoC at least two weeks before Election Day, the voter verifiable paper audit trail on RMA selected precincts, vote counting machine and consolidation and canvassing system logs, transmission logs, including those that are generated from the “meet-me-room,” configuration files, including Internet protocol addresses, candidates list in all positions nationwide, statement of contribution and expenses, and local absentee voting and overseas voters data. (Minka Tiangco)