00:00The mock elections in different parts of the country are now in full swing
00:05as part of the preparations for the Hatol ng Bayan 2025.
00:09This is the news center of Bernard Ferrer. Live, Bernard!
00:14The mock elections for the 2025 national and local elections in different parts of the country are now in full swing.
00:23Komalek also held the voters' education for the upcoming Hatol ng Bayan 2025.
00:33As part of the preparations for the 2025 national and local elections,
00:37the Commission on Elections conducted mock elections in different parts of the country.
00:43Among the places where the mock elections were held were Taguig, Pateros, Makati, Mountain Province, Rizal,
00:50Eastern Samar, Surigao del Norte, Sulu, and Special Geographic Area.
00:56Komalek Chairman George Garcia held the mock elections in Walled City and Busbo in Hulusulu.
01:02He also visited Taglii and Anuling in Patikul, Sulu.
01:06The Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting, or PPCRV,
01:11National Citizens Movement for Pre-Election, NAMPREL,
01:15Legal Network for Truthful Elections, or LENTE,
01:18Participate PH, Political Parties, and Coalition of Political Parties.
01:23The purpose of the mock elections is to simulate the end-to-end voting process.
01:28The candidates are current registered voters from the selected clustered precincts.
01:33According to Section 9 of RA No. 9369, which was amended in Section 11 of RA 8436,
01:41The success of the mock elections is one of the requirements
01:44for the issuance of a Certificate by the Technical Evaluation Committee.
01:48This is proven by the International Certification Entity of the Automated Election System,
01:54including hardware and software.
01:56Its components work properly, are correct, and are secured.
02:01Komalek also held a Voter's Education and Automated Counting Machine Demonstration
02:06for 4-Piece Beneficiaries in Minit Forest, Darussalam, Davao City.
02:12Clay Casalucuyo is now showing the students of TUP Santa Mesa, Manila,
02:17how the ECM will be used and how it will be used on the day of the election.
02:24We expect that Komalek Spokesperson, John Rex Laudianco, will answer the students' questions.
02:31Back to you, Clay.
02:33Marami Salamat, Bernard Ferreira.
