Friday, July 10, 2009

Citizen's group asked SC to stop poll automation deal

MANILA (July 9)  -- The Concerned Citizens Movement has asked the Supreme Court to steop the signing of a contract between the Comelec and a technology consortium represented by Dutch-owned Smarmatic International and its Filipino-owned counterpart Total Information Management, for the automation of the 2010 elections.

The contract, which is set to be signed this Friday, has several provisions, which violated the law, according to the petition fro certiorari, mandamus, and prohibition filed by the group's lawyer, Harry Roque.


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