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TARLAC CITY\u2014Nearly a year before the May 2016 presidential elections, President Benigno Aquino III has yet to appoint a replacement for retired Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chair Sixto Brillantes.<\/p>\n\n

The President told reporters that he has interviewed a candidate but the latter sounded not to be too keen on the job.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cI actually interviewed one that I did offer the position to. The person\u2014whom I cannot name\u2014basically said, \u2018It seems I\u2019m not cut out for that,\u2019\u201d he told reporters, describing the candidate as \u201chesitant.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

Isabela Rep. Rodolfo Albano III said the commission needs a full-time chair and a complete roster of commissioners to accelerate its preparations for the 2016 national elections in the face of certain roadblocks, such as a temporary restraining order blocking the automation contract.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cIt is imperative that we have a fully manned Comelec now in the light of so many critical problems hounding the preparations for the 2016 national elections,\u201d he said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n

Albano, a member of the minority, cited the stalled automated election program after the issuance of a TRO by the Supreme Court on the Smartmatic contract.<\/p>\n\n

Three seats in the Comelec have been vacant since early February when Brillantes and two commissioners, Lucenito Tagle and Elias Yusoph, retired.<\/p>\n\n

Commissioner Christian Robert Lim has taken the helm in an acting capacity.<\/p>\n\n

But Albano said the Comelec could not properly prepare and implement its plans and programs for the elections under an interim or caretaker leadership and an undermanned commission.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cWith the automated election program mired in legal controversies now, a fully manned and functioning poll body is better equipped and empowered to look into alternative plans to ensure the smooth and orderly conduct of national elections in 2016,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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