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JOINT CONGRESSIONAL HEARING ON AUTOMATED ELECTIONS SYSTEM: Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III (right), chair of the Senate Committee on Electoral Reforms and People’s Participation, asks officials of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) led by newly-appointed Comelec Chairman Andres Bautista if the direct recording electronic system is viable for the 2016 national and local elections. Also discussed during the Joint Congressional Oversight Committee hearing on the Automated Elections System Thursday, May 4, were the progress report on biometrics registration, online voting and the expenditures for the 2016 national and local elections. Also in photo is Senator Sergio Osmeña. (PRIB Photo by Joseph Vidal/14 May 2015).