Comelec body gets 10 nominees

At least 10 people have been nominated or have applied for six of the nine slots in the Commission on Elections Advisory Council (CAC), tasked to help the poll body decide which automation technology will be used in the 2013 midterm elections.

In a statement, CAC chair Louis Napoleon Casambre said he had already received nominations or applications from individuals interested in occupying seats for the private sector in the council, that is, three from the information technology profession, two from the election watchdogs and one from the academe.

“Comments from the public, civic organizations, and various stakeholders about the applicants/nominees are most welcome,” Casambre said.

The 10 nominees and applicants include University of the Philippines professor Rommel Feria for the academe, Andie Lasala of Consortium on Electoral Reforms and Henrietta de Villa of the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting and the Legal Network for Truthful Elections, representing the election watchdogs.

Also on the list representing IT professionals are George Kintanar of the Chief Information Officers Forum Foundation, lawyer Rogelio Quevedo of the Philippine Electronics and Telecommunications Federation; Evelyn Singson of the Management Association of the Philippines, engineer Armando Diaz of the Institute of Integrated Electrical Engineers of the Philippines, Bettina Quimson of the Philippine Software Industry Association; and Leo Querubin and Bella Valdez from the Philippine Computer Society.

The CAC’s guidelines say that the selection process for the private sector members aims to seek “people who have demonstrated maturity, experience, knowledge and skills” as well as a “strong orientation” for public service to handle the tasks and make the judgments involved in fulfilling the body’s mandate.