Comelec deploys VCMs despite Robredo camp's protest

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) began deploying vote-counting machines (VCMs) and other election supplies to the provinces on Saturday midnight, April 2.

This deployment proceeded despite a request from the camp of presidential aspirant Leni Robredo to delay the dispatch.

Robredo's lawyer, Romulo Macalintal, argued that their camp received insufficient notice about the event, being informed only on Friday afternoon.

Comelec Chairman Saidamen Pangarungan and other poll commissioners attended the ceremonial activity on Friday night, April 1, at the poll body's warehouse in Sta. Rosa, Laguna, where approximately 106,000 VCMs were stored.

The transport of VCMs to local hubs for temporary storage will continue until April 19, with F2 Logistics as the election supplies forwarder.

Consolidation and canvassing system (CCS) laptops and transmission devices were also included in the initial dispatch.