On 3 June 2009, Libertàs conducted a Round Table Discussion/Forum on “The Prospects of Election Adjudication under an Automated Election System in the Philippines” at the Ambassador Sala, Traders Hotel, Roxas Boulevard, Pasay City.
This affair generated discussion on election adjudication in the context of the May 2010 automated elections. Key COMELEC officials involved in election adjudication attended the forum along with representatives from the House and Senate Electoral Tribunals, the judiciary, election lawyers and experts, and electoral reform groups.
COMELEC Education and Information Department Director, James Arthur B. Jimenez, presented the Automated Election System for the 2010 elections. This was followed by a discussion by Atty. Luie F. Guia of the Possible Areas of Dispute in Automated Election System. Former COMELEC Commissioner and Associate Justice of the Court of Appeals, Hon. Teresita Di-Liacco Flores and veteran election lawyer, Atty. Sixto V. Brillantes, contributed to the discussion by sharing their experiences and insights on the previous attempts of COMELEC to automate the elections.
