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The May 9 election will be watched by investors, who fear the
political succession in one of Asia's fastest growing economies
could derail gains made during President Benigno Aquino's
six-year single term.
The arrested man had defaced the public information website of
the poll commission, its chairman, Andres Bautista, told a news
briefing.
"He hacked the web site because he wanted the Comelec to comply
with all the provisions of the law," Bautista said.
The election results would be uploaded onto a separate site, not
the one that was hacked, he said.
An official of the National Bureau of Investigation, Virgilio
Mendez, said authorities were pursuing two more suspects
involved in the hacking.
"There will be a continuous effort to unravel everything,"
Mendez told the same briefing.
About 54 million people in the country of 100 million are
eligible to vote to choose a president, vice president and more
than 18,000 local government executives and lawmakers in the
elections, which take place every six years.
(Reporting by Karen Lema; Editing by Robert Birsel)
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