Election Officials from the National Capital Region took part in a public demonstration today of the Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) machines at the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) main office in Manila.

About 60 NCR Election Officers and Election Assistants, led by NCR Regional Election Director Atty. Michael Dioneda and COMELEC Election and Barangay Affairs Department (EBAD) Director Atty. Teofisto Elnas, participated in the event which is the first in a series of public demonstrations to be conducted nationwide by the COMELEC to educate the people on the automated election system.

Recently, the COMELEC had set-up a Public Demonstration Coordination Unit (PDCU) to receive and coordinate all requests for public demos. The PDCU is headed by COMELEC Education and Information Department Dir. Sonia P. Tiongson.

“Today’s activity aims to prepare and familiarize election officials in the NCR on the automated election system,” said Dir. Dioneda. ###