THE number of conscientious public objections against Smartmatic International Corp. is truly worrying for anyone interested in the sanctity and credibility of the presidential elections in 2016, anyone it seems but the powers that be in the Commission on Elections.

Several election watchdogs, led by Citizens for Clean and Credible Elections (C3E), have petitioned the Comelec to blacklist Smartmatic from further participating in Comelec bids because of the many problems of Smartmatic’s PCOS machines, to no avail.

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