The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has disqualified service provider Smartmatic from all procurements, Comelec Chairman George Garcia announced Wednesday.
The Commission on Elections has disqualified service provider Smartmatic from all procurements, Comelec Chairman George Garcia announced Wednesday.“We disqualified Smartmatic to participate in all Comelec procurement,” Garcia told reporters in a Viber message.The Comelec chief announced this after the weekly en banc session of the poll body.The petition against Smartmatic was filed by former Department of Information and Communications Technology chief Eliseo Mijares Rio Jr.
Despite this, the Comelec said it will “do everything necessary and within its power to demonstrate its commitment to electoral integrity and full transparency” as these issues raised by Rio’s group erode public trust and confidence in the country’s electoral process.In line with this, the Comelec reiterated their offer to or a recount of votes by opening the ballot boxes chosen by the petitioners.
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