Election source codes deposited at central bank

Comelec IT Personnel retrieving the additional source codes from their office vault so it can be deposited at the BSP vault. Only one member of the media was allowed to cover at the BSP and no recordings are allowed. pic.twitter.com/XPzPV0Ekkf

— RG Cruz (@R_G_Cruz888) May 2, 2019

MANILA -- The Commission on Elections on Thursday deposited at the central bank the last batch of source codes containing commands that will guide the May 13 election's automated system.

The 3 sets of codes were evaluated by local reviewers and US-based software testing company Pro V& to avoid "doubts" on integrity, said Comelec Executive Director and Project Management Office Head Jose Tolentino. 

"None has said or found that there is any malicious code embedded in the source codes," he told reporters. 

The source codes, saved in USB drives, were placed inside sealed envelopes. These were placed in a small cash box with a paper seal at a vault of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas. 

The vault has both a lock that can be opened by a key and another lock that can be opened by a combination of numbers. Here the staff with the key opens the lock. pic.twitter.com/BWMLxtIr22

— RG Cruz (@R_G_Cruz888) May 2, 2019

The poll automation law requires that source codes be deposited in escrow with the central bank. 

-- Report from RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News