ELECTION provider Smartmatic Corp. would be held liable if the Commission on Elections (Comelec) failed to meet its April 25 deadline for printing of official ballots that would be used in the coming local and national polls.

“Yes [Smartmatic is accountable if we fail to meet the April 25 deadline],” Chairman Juan Andres Bautista said on Thursday even as he clarified that the company would have no liability if the printing of ballots was finished as scheduled.

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