AN election watchdog called a moro-moro (farce)  a  recent decision of the Commission on Elections’ Bids and Awards Committee (Comelec-BAC) disqualifying technology provider Smartmatic Corp.  from a P2.503-billion voting machine procurement project.

The Citizens for Clean and Credible Elections (C3D), through convenor  Alain Pascua, on Sunday said the farce was meant to ensure that there would be no legal impediments later once the contract was awarded to the  Venezuela-based Smartmatic.

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