A petition was filed before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) seeking the disqualification of Smartmatic from participating in the procurement for the 2025 Automated Election System (AES). ManilaBulletin
The 10-page petition, according to Comelec Chairman George Erwin Garcia was received on Friday morning, June 16 via email. Among the petitioners is former Comelec Commissioner Augusto Lagman.
According to the petitioners, based on the information and data from Comelec itself, they have discovered serious irregularities in the which Smartmatic had provided and deployed during the May 2022 elections. "These material discrepancies, which remain unexplained to date, constitute a violation of the minimum system capabilities required by law and have created serious doubts on the integrity of the entire election process," the petition read.
The petitioners stated that the "serious and material irregularities" in the transmission and reception of election results in the AES provided and deployed by Smartmatic constitute a violation of the minimum system capabilities required by law, and if not "satisfactorily" explained, constitute sufficient grounds for disqualification of Smartmatic from participating for the 2025 AES.
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