An overwhelming majority of Supreme Court (SC) justices are set to declare void a P300-million “midnight deal” entered into by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) with Smartmatic-Total Information Management (Smartmatic-TIM).

In its final en banc session in Baguio City on April 21, according to unimpeachable sources of The Manila Times, 12 to 14 of the 15 SC justices will rule that the Comelec-Smartmatic deal is illlegal.

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