Transparency vowed in buying poll devices

The poll body issued the statement after a report came out about the filing of money laundering charges by the United States Homeland Security Investigations against former Comelec chief Juan Andres Bautista on Sept. 19.

“As to our procurement of new machines for the 2025 elections, the right thing to do is to make it transparent, inclusive and fair. Thatis, that everybody is afforded a level-playing field thereby ensuring equal chance and opportunity to all,” Comelec Chairperson George Erwin Garcia said in a Viber message.

“But at this point, the presumption of innocence stands. We would closely monitor this development most especially the nature and weight of evidence to be presented in court,” he said. Earlier in the day, Bautista expressed his surprise through X , denying the allegation that purportedly involved Smartmatic. He said he is ready to face charges in the appropriate venue.

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