Comelec contract probe sought
A CONGRESSMAN on Tuesday asked the House of Representatives to investigate the award by the Commission on Elections’ (Comelec) of its automated election contract to a South Korean technology provider despite what he said was its shaky history.
Party-list Rep. Rodante D. Marcoleta also claimed an election official whom he did not name had received bribes in exchange for the contract to automate the 2025 midterm elections.
“Is there any proof that the hybrid system [by the election tech provider] has been used in any jurisdiction, here or abroad?” he asked. “They will not be able to show any certainty that this hybrid machine will function.”
The bribery allegation is part of a demolition job against Comelec, election chairman George Erwin M. Garcia told reporters. — Kenneth Christiane L. Basilio