PUBLIC opposition continues to mount against alleged midnight deals at the Commission on Elections (Comelec) after the poll body’s unilateral move to grant controversial firm Smartmatic an exclusive contract to repair 80,000 Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) machines for the 2016 polls.

Some 23 members of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) and two priests on Monday urged the Comelec to immediately rescind its resolution granting an extended warranty to Smartmatic for the repair of the PCOS machines.

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