Resolution No. 9512

WHEREAS, on June 27, 2012, Chairman Sixto S. Brillantes, Jr. called for an open dialogue between the Commission and its various stakeholders;

WHEREAS, during the open dialogue that was conducted, the Commission informed its stakeholders that it will create a Committee that will address their concerns, suggestions and recommendations related to the 2013 Automated National, Local and Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) Elections;

WHEREAS, the said Committee shall be headed by Director Sonia Tiongson of the Education and Information Department and shall be composed of the following members:

1. Atty. Pamela Joy Herrera (Office of the Chairman)
2. Atty. Efraim Bag-id (Law Department)
3. Ms. Charina Co (Administrative Services Department)
4. Mr. Manuel Odilon Fortes (Information Technology Department)

WHEREAS, the said Committee is principally tasked to conduct a continuous dialogue with the Commission's stakeholders regarding their concerns, suggestions and recommendations in relation to automated elections and to sit down with them, if necessary, in order to thresh out the issues that they may possibly raise;

WHEREAS, such Committee may also undertake to settle questions within the Committee level or to report questions and suggestions raised, if needed, to the Chairman of this Commission or to the Commission en banc;

NOW, THEREFORE, the Commission on Elections, RESOLVED, as it hereby RESOLVES, to create the COMELEC's Committee on Automated Elections for Stakeholders composed of the abovementioned head and members.

Let the head and members of the Committee on Automated Elections for Stakeholders be furnished a copy of this resolution.

SO ORDERED.