Photo Release

REFURBISHED PCOS MACHINES: Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III (right), chairman of the Senate Committee on Electoral Reforms and People’s Participation, asks officials of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) led by Commissioner Luie Tito Guia during Tuesday’s hearing, why no public bidding was conducted on the refurbishing deal of 80,000 precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines. The deal was worth P1.2 billion. Also in photo is Senate Deputy Minority Leader Vicente “Tito” Sotto III (left). (PRIB Photo by Albert Calvelo / 19 May 2015)