ON THE heels of the charges filed by the United States Department of Homeland Security, former Commission on Elections (Comelec) chairman Andres Bautista on Friday, September 22,...
ON THE heels of the charges filed by the United States Department of Homeland Security, former Commission on Elections chairman Andres Bautista on Friday, September 22, 2023, denied allegations of receiving bribes from an unnamed poll technology company.
For its part, the perennial AES service provider of the Comelec, Smartmatic International, assured that it has adhered to all existing bidding laws."Smartmatic has been in the Philippines since 2008. In every bidding process and procurement procedure, Smartmatic has adhered to the Philippine Procurement Law and the strict controls that the Philippine Commission on Elections imposes," said Smartmatic in a statement.
In a brief statement, Comelec Chairman George Garcia said the poll body is interested in the outcome of the case against Bautista.
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