Thursday, April 09, 2015

SMARTMATIC HEARING

SMARTMATIC HEARING

Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III (left), chair of the Senate Committee on Electoral Reforms and People’s Participation, listens to Cavite Representative (4th District) Elpidio Barzaga as the latter asks Comelec Acting Chairman Christian Lim if the P268.8 million precinct count optical scan (PCOS) diagnostics contract with Smartmatic was signed days before Sixto Brillantes’ retirement, during the hearing on the Comelec’s preparations for the 2016 national and local elections. Pimentel is urging the Congress to study Comelec’s plan to use Internet voting for overseas Filipinos. (Joseph Vidal photo)/MP

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