Dating Rep. Erice, naghain ng reklamo vs. Comelec Chair Garcia at mga miyembro ng Comelec Bids and Awards Committee
Dating Rep. Erice, naghain ng reklamo vs. Comelec Chair Garcia at mga miyembro ng Comelec Bids and Awards Committee
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00:00A new case is being faced by the Commission on Elections of Comelec regarding their contract in the MIROS system that will be used in the 2025 elections.
00:08Comelec Chair George Erwin Garcia is confident that he will not delay this even if it reaches the impeachment case.
00:15Luisa Eris with the report.
00:20The Commission on Elections has not yet finished facing the Supreme Court's decision against them.
00:26The Supreme Court needs to answer to Comelec regarding their contract with the MIROS Systems Company Ltd.,
00:32the new provider of automated counting machines in the Philippines in 2025.
00:37Former Representative Egui Arise has proven that he can handle the Graph and Corrupt Practices case against Comelec Chairman George Erwin Garcia.
00:48He also included the members of the Bids and Awards Committee of Comelec.
00:53This is not a demolition job. Why? I questioned the legality of their contract with the Supreme Court through a certiorari.
01:03And now, I filed a criminal case against them.
01:11It means that I will prove this, I will not stop this until we reach the impeachment.
01:18In the case filed by Erise against Ombudsman, he believes that Comelec and Bids and Awards Committee have a grudge
01:25when they entered the contract with MIROS.
01:27Erise also explained that it is disadvantageous or instead of doing well in the Philippines,
01:32it is negative for Comelec to enter the country.
01:36Erise is adamant that the new case against Ombudsman is not like the one filed by the Supreme Court.
01:42But whatever decision he will issue, he is ready to go against his petitions.
01:48We have nothing to do. We should follow the Supreme Court.
01:51But I believe and I'm confident that the law is clear.
01:58The issue with the Supreme Court is different from this.
02:03The violations they committed in bidding, in declaring that the machine was broken, even though it was not,
02:11in lying because they said that there are no spare parts, but there is a contract that the spare parts will be available until 2025.
02:19But Comelec Chairman George Erwin Garcia immediately responded to Erise.
02:23According to the head of the commission, he is ready to answer Erise's new case.
02:29He is not afraid and he will not back down even if it reaches the impeachment case.
02:35Definitely we are willing to face, despite being an impeachable public officer,
02:40we should be able to face all kinds of impeachment or final impeachment against us.
02:49But Garcia has a question.
02:51Why is it that they are still investigating the contract of Smartmatic and Comelec in 2016, not the anomalies?
03:00If the intention is to divert the attention of Comelec in the investigation of the P100 million lost in the fund of Sambayanan in 2016,
03:13we will not stop.
03:16Comelec is not against it. There is no corruption and there is no violation of their contract with Miru.
03:22They can prove it in any court.
03:26Luisa Erispe for Pambansang TV in Vagong, Philippines.