Manila, March 24 -- The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and the Commission on Elections (Comelec) signed an agreement Monday for the safekeeping of the Final Trusted Build Source Codes for the May 12 national and local elections.

This is in compliance with Republic Act (RA) 8436, as amended by RA 9369, otherwise known as the Automated Elections System Act.

Held at the BSP Head Office in Manila, the deposit in escrow was led by Comelec Chairperson George Erwin Garcia and BSP officer in charge Elmore Capule, with Comelec Commissioners Rey Bulay and Nelson Celis and BSP Deputy Governor Bernadette Romulo-Puyat.

Representatives from the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting, the National Movement for Free Elections, and the media...