Despite the controversy linking Smartmatic International to former poll chief Andres Bautista, the Commission on Elections said it has no plans of excluding the multinational company in the forthcoming procurement of the 2025 automated election system.
Women cast their vote at Pasong Tamo Elementary School in Quezon City during the automated mock barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections on August 8, 2023.MANILA, Philippines — Despite the controversy linking Smartmatic International to former poll chief Andres Bautista, the Commission on Elections said it has no plans of excluding the multinational company in the forthcoming procurement of the 2025 automated election system .
Garcia is referring to the money laundering charges filed by the United States Department of Homeland Security against Bautista. The latter served as Comelec chief from April 2015 to October 2017. He cited a pending petition to disqualify Smartmatic from joining the forthcoming public bidding for the 2025 AES filed by former poll commissioner Augusto Lagman, former Department of Information and Communications Technology secretary Eliseo Rio, retired Col. Leonardo Odoño and former Financial Executives Institute of the Philippines president Franklin Ysaac.
Smartmatic has been the automation partner of the Comelec since the 2010 polls. The voting technology company has expressed intention to continue the partnership with the Comelec come the 2025 automated polls by joining the forthcoming public bidding.Experience super-sized fun at SM’s 65th anniversary this OctoberReady to own a Kumon franchise? Here's all you need to know!
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