
Upholding poll integrity: Comelec disqualifies Smartmatic
Smartmatic has been disqualified by the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) from participating in any bidding process for supplying the poll for the automated election system (AES).
Smartmatic has been disqualified by the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) from participating in any bidding process for supplying the poll for the automated election system (AES).
Commission on Elections (COMELEC) Chairman George Erwin Garcia has assured that the poll body is not delaying the release of the resolution on the disqualification case against Smartmatic.
Smartmatic Philippines has reiterated its request to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to dismiss the petition to disqualify the firm from participating in the bidding process for the 2025 automated elections.
Smartmatic Philippines Inc. has been directed by the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) to comment on the petitions seeking its disqualification from the bidding process for the 2025 Automated Election System (AES).
A voting machine company currently suing Fox News for defamation has been implicated in an alleged Philippine bribery scheme, CNN reported Friday.
First Lady Liza Araneta Marcos reportedly met with Smartmatic President Roger Piñate in the weeks leading to the May 9, 2022 elections, former Biliran Rep. and abogado Glenn Chong has claimed.
Former Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Secretary Eliseo Rio Jr. stressed the need to give Smartmatic the boot as the country’s automated election system provider to ensure the integrity of the next polls.
Nanawagan si former Department of Information and Communications Technology Undersecretary Eliseo Rio Jr. na magkaroon ng reporma sa Comelec at palitan na ang Smartmatic para sa automated election.
Eight multinational internet voting solution providers demonstrated their poll technology and systems to the Commission on Elections (COMELEC).
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has been asked not to allow Smartmatic to participate in the bidding process of the poll body’s procurement for the 2025 automated election system (AES).