THE Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) has asked the Supreme Court (SC) to junk the P300-million “midnight deal” entered into by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and Smartmatic-Total Information Management (Smartmatic-TIM).

In a 28-page petition for certiorari, the IBP accused the Comelec of grave abuse of discretion amounting to lack or excess of jurisdiction in signing the contract with Smartmatic.

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