ZAMBOANGA CITY – In preparation for the 2013 midterm elections, the Commission on
Election (COMELEC) is now conducting a training for a pool of trainers in
Zamboanga Peninsula on the use of the Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS)
machines.
Zamboanga
City District 2 Elections Officer Joseph Ian Tria said PCOS experts from
COMELEC-Manila are now here in the city for the regional trainers training.
“These
trainers will impart their knowledge to our board of election inspectors (BEIs)
and technicians on the use of the PCOS machines in a series of trainings which
we will be conducted within March, and hopefully we can finish before April,
just in time for the May elections,” Tria said.
He
added that if time warrants, they will also conduct trainings for the different
concerned agencies and sectors for familiarization with the use of the machine.
As for
some known glitches on the use of PCOS machine in 2010 elections, Tria stressed
that these were already addressed by COMELEC to ensure a better election this
year.
“According
to our COMELEC main office, those glitches were already addressed, and we think
we will have a more successful automated elections this time,” Tria ended. (PIA9)