Comelec Chair Andres Bautista INQUIRER PHOTO
Despite the various challenges they have encountered in managing the 2016 elections, Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chair Andres Bautista believes they have outperformed their expectation.
鈥淚 always try to have positive attitude towards everything. But I鈥檇 like to think that we outperformed our expectation,鈥� he told reporters when asked if he was satisfied with the outcome of the recent polls.
According to Bautista, they intend to review and assess the poll body鈥檚 performance in a bid to improve future electoral exercises.
鈥淲e will probably call for something like a strategic planning conference of various Comelec officials so that we can assess what we did well and what we can improve so that for the next elections, we build upon the gains of this elections,鈥� he said.
鈥淲e want to come up with a draft omnibus election code that will be more reflective of the current situation especially when it comes to technology鈥攈ow technology has changed our election,鈥� Bautista added.