Check Indra Sistemas, ‘Koko’ urges Comelec

AFTER questioning the decision of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to award portion of a refurbishment contract to Smartmatic-TIM, Sen. Aquilino ”Koko” Pimentel 3rd on Wednesday asked the poll body to look into various issues concerning another technology provider that is also eyeing the P2-billion contract to supply additional vote counting machines for 2016.

Pimentel, who heads the Joint Congressional Oversight Committee on Automated Election System, was referring to Indra Sistemas, a technology provider from Spain, and the only rival of the Smartmatic-TIM for the supply of additional 23,000 units of Optical Mark Reader (OMR) machines needed by the Comelec for the 2016 polls.