SC urged to order preservation of May elections data for potential scrutiny

People cast their votes in the presidential election at a polling precinct in Batac, Ilocos Norte on May 9, 2022.

AFP / Jam Sta. Rosa

MANILA, Philippines — A petition has been filed before the Supreme Court urging it to compel the preservation of data transmitted on the evening of May 9, election day for national and local positions in the Philippines.

Petitioners, led by former Information and Communications Technology Undersecretary Eliseo Rio, also asked the SC to issue a temporary restraining order to enjoin respondents Commission on Elections, Smartmatic and telecommunications companies Dito, Globe and Smart to desist from modifying or erasing the following data, transmitted from 7 p.m. to p.m. on May 9, related to the 2022 election results:

• Part or the whole of the historically important subscriber [data]
• Cyber traffic data log integrity
• Call record details

They also asked the SC to direct telecommunications companies to "deliver faithful copies of their respective records/details of the said historically-important data directly and exclusively to the Honorable Supreme Court."

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