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Poll automation back on in the Philippines
The Philippines’ Commission on Elections (Comelec) has announced that the winning bidders in the country’s poll automation project have settled their dispute and will go ahead with computerising next year’s elections.
Comelec chairman Jose Melo told reporters last week that the multinational Smartmatic and Filipino firm Total Information Management (TIM), partners in the consortium, have settled their differences over the disbursement of payment and would submit the required incorporation papers for their joint venture ahead of the P7.2 billion (US$150 million) contract signing set for next week.
Based on initial statements from Comelec, 60 percent of the total contract would be given to TIM and the rest to Smartmatic. On Monday, TIM told Melo that it would withdraw from the project after “irreconcilable differences” with its multinational partner.
“After one week of suspense and apprehension that we may be reverting to the manual system of election, we are now back to automation. We thank Smartmatic, TIM and the people behind those companies, as well as our supporters from Congress,” Melo said.
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On 7 January 2010 Ramon Guico wrote:
Automation may be one of the most significant move the government could take for faster election counting but it doesn't really assure us that cheating and fraud in the 2010 elections will be eliminate.Still,we should guard our vote.Join movement such as “Boto Mo Ipatrol Mo” “Ako Mismo” and many more.