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00:00 Some lawmakers are questioning the credibility of Miru Systems, which gave a contract for using automated election system in the election of 2025.
00:10 We will now call on our co-chairman, George Garcia. Good morning Chairman.
00:15 Good morning Egan and good morning to our fellow countrymen.
00:19 They are also questioning the capacity of Miru Systems because their voting system in Iraq and Congo went wrong.
00:27 Even though they explained and even the Comelec, this issue is repeated. What is the clear of the Comelec from this?
00:35 Egan, we are accepting and welcoming this kind of questions and at the same time, the questions about credibility.
00:45 If there are no questions, it means we have a problem.
00:49 The clear of this is that we obtained a certification from the United Nations regarding the election that took place in Iraq and the electoral commission of Congo.
01:00 They said that their election was fine if they only voted for the losers in those countries.
01:07 We trusted the initial certification and the other places where the election was held, like Miru Systems in Russia and their own country, Korea,
01:19 there's no such issue.
01:21 So the fake news is that they went to Iraq and Congo?
01:25 They are being punished. That's the truth, sir Egan. It looks like the accusations are not true.
01:34 At least, it's good because the Comelec should be extra careful, especially when we proceed with the so-called customization or the production of the machine.
01:46 At least, you verified it. What verification process did the Comelec do to ensure that Miru Systems is reliable?
01:55 You know, that's the issue when it comes to elections, the trust.
01:58 Yes. First, we have what we call an open, transparent, and transparent bidding process.
02:08 The Comelec cannot do anything if they win the bidding in our procurement.
02:12 What's important is what we want to see in the machine, what we saw and what was demoed to us, became a product of Miru Systems.
02:23 Therefore, for us, we are content because this is the first machine in the world that has this kind of feature because it's not tailored to any company.
02:38 We, the Comelec, said this is what we want to see. This is also a product of suggestions from various sectors, especially our citizens arm.
02:49 One more thing Chairman about Miru. A presidential appointee was appointed by one of their local partners.
02:55 How can it be that it will not affect the election?
02:59 Last night, I watched the news on your program. With all honesty, sir Egan, I don't know the name of the person mentioned last night.
03:09 But at the same time, he's an advisor or representative of the private sector, private sector negotiator.
03:19 At the same time, we don't have a personal... I don't know him personally.
03:23 Last night, I heard that there's a participating company that owns them as a partner, but they don't have direct participation to Miru.
03:35 Miru is a free company. They are only participating as local partners.
03:41 How ready is Comelec for the midterm election in 2025 Chairman?
03:47 Sir Egan, our registration is at 1.4 million.
03:54 Our countrymen are overwhelmed. We did not expect that our countrymen will be so excited about the election.
04:02 Again, we have already made a bidding for our machines.
04:06 Now, our bidding will continue for the transmission.
04:12 This is not in line with our machines. At the same time, we will also bid for our internet voting.
04:21 Hopefully, we will have internet voting for our countrymen abroad.
04:28 Of course, later, the production of machines, the manufacturing of machines, will be done in six months, sir Egan.
04:36 We are waiting for the development and plebiscite, if there are proposals to change some provisions of the legal system.
04:45 Can you do the same with the plebiscite Chairman?
04:49 We can do it sir Egan. First, there's no additional cost for our countrymen because we will use the same balota,
04:59 maybe two or three inches long. We will use the same teachers and election paraphernalia.
05:08 The request of the election commission is, if that will happen, we will add a fee for our teachers.
05:19 Thank you very much Comrade Chairman George Garcia. Be careful.
05:23 Thank you very much. Long live.
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