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The vice presidential candidate Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. is waiting for a quick resolution of its filed complaint versus the IT staffs of Smartmatic and the Commission on Elections on its violations of the Cybercrime Law.
Marcos' campaign adviser, Rep. Jonathan dela Cruz, pointed out that the Comelec and Smartmatic faculty had conceded that they made changes to the programming of the transparency server utilized for the May 9 decisions.
“Simple lang naman ang kasong ito kasi dalawang tanong lang yan. Did you tinker with the system and they admitted that they made changes with the system…,” said De la Cruz. “Since they admitted that they made changes with the system the next question is did you have any kind of authority to tinker with the system?”
De la Cruz said Comelec and Smartmatic have no power to make changes with the system, making them obligated for infringement of the Cybercrime Law.
He additionally cited that the respondents has deceived the prosecutors when they said in their counter-affidavits that their mediation in the transparency server was not illegal.
"By so doing, respondents are attempting to mislead this Honorable Office thru technical illustrations irrelevant to the present controversy," cited De la Cruz.
His camp had documented cybercrime charges against Smartmatic staffs Marlon Garcia, technical support team member; Elie Moreno, project director; Mauricio Herrera, and Neil Banigued technical support.
Another involved in the transparency server issue that was charged are Comelec IT member Rouie Penalba, Nelson Herrera and Frances Mae Gonzalez.
It was Penalba who started the adjustment in the programming without telling and requesting for the Comelec's approval, said De la Cruz.
The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) has reserved P695 million for the printing and conveyance of forms and voting stations for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections this year. Suppliers are being welcome to offer for three separate contracts to cover the logistical arrangements for the barangay elections to be directed utilizing the old manual voting and numbering strategy on Oct. 31. These agreements include the printing and conveyance of envelopes for the voting and tallying materials worth P21.5 million; the printing and conveyance of election forms worth P31.3 million; and the supply and conveyance of ballot boxes worth P642.1 million. The offer solicitations showed that the agreements likewise incorporate envelopes to be utilized for official ballots, decision returns, minutes of voting and for the polling booth keys; election forms and tallying stations. Suppliers that are interested are required to pay nonrefundable expenses going from P5,000 to P75,000 with a specific end goal to take part in the offering. The Comelec will hold a prebid gathering on July 11 at 10 a.m. at the Palacio del Gobernador building, while the pre-offered meetings for the two different contracts are on July 13. The accommodation of offers for the voting stations contract is set for July 25 at 9 a.m. at the Comelec's offers and grants secretariat office. The envelopes and election forms contracts due date will on July 27 at 9 a.m. at the same venue. The barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan polls will come five months after the current year's general election last May. Source: Inquirer