The Standard - 2016 May 15 - Sunday

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VOL. XXX NO. 92 3 Sections 24 Pages P18 SUNDAY : MAY 15, 2016 www.thestandard.com.ph editorial@thestandard.com.ph

DIGONG GETS MEDIA FOCUS

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‘NBC OFF-LIMITS TO SMARTMATIC’ By Sara Susanne D. Fabunan and Vito Barcelo

AFTER it learned that its technology supplier Smartmatic-TIM tampered with its transparency server without authorization, the Commission on Elections ordered its automated election system provider to stay away from the canvassing and consolidation system.

Comelec Commissioner Robert Lim wrote Smartmatic general manager Elie Moreno to stress that only the National Board of Canvassers, which will count the votes for senators and party-list congressmen, should have control over the CCS at the Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay City. “As a precautionary measure in the midst of numerous con-

cerns and speculations as to the integrity of the [CCS] being used for the 2016 National and Local Elections, please be reminded that the [NBC] has sole and absolute control over the CCS workstation located at the [PICC],” the letter read. “Henceforth, access to the same shall be subject to strict protocols. Your personnel shall not be allowed access to the same unless

with specific prior authority from the NBC or the Project Monitoring Office,” Lim said. “In any case, access to the same shall always be under the direct supervision of a duly designated Comelec personnel,” Lim told Moreno. Lim also said Smartmatic has to secure his consent before examining any other equipment or system. Next page

OFFICIAL COUNT. Commission on Elections Chairman Andres Bautista and Commissioner Arthur Lim preside over the National Board of Canvassers which is conducting the official count of the May 9 elections at the Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay City. On Saturday, the NBC had received 90,594, or 96.62 percent, of the total 93,754 election returns. EY ACASIO

ALL SET FOR RIO GAMES

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MARCOS VOWS TO TAKE LEGAL ACTION By Maricel V. Cruz, Joel E. Zurbano and Vito Barcelo THE camp of Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Saturday vowed to exhaust all legal actions possible to expose to the Filipino people the orchestrated attempt of the Aquino administration to rig the recent elections to favor administration candidates.

“We will take every available legal action to ensure that the votes of BBM are properly counted and protected; also to have those responsible for this faux pas to be held accountable for their misdeed,” said Marcos’ campaign manager Abakada party-list Rep. Jonathan dela Cruz. Dela Cruz stressed the need for government agencies, including Con-

gress, to investigate the alleged security breach when a Smartmatic official altered a script in the server of the Commission on Elections. “It is all our desire to search for truth. We want to know what happened during the last elections,” Dela Cruz said, stressing that as a Filipino citizen and member of Congress, it Next page


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