Congress set to probe ‘script’ change in Comelec’s transparency server 

THE joint Congressional Oversight Committee on automated election system chaired by Senator Koko Pimentel is set to conduct an inquiry this Thursday into the unauthorized change in script of a transparency server for automated elections.

The senate will likely invite Marlon Garcia, the Smartmatic Project manager in the Philippines, Smartmatic Philippines General Manager Elie Moreno, Comelec Chairman Andres Bautista, Poll Commissioner Rowena Guanzon and officials of the poll watchdog Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) to the hearing.

Pimentel earlier said the Smartmatic officials may be held for sabotage for the incident that happened on the evening of May 9, just as the Comelec and the PPCRV were gathering reports on the canvassing from various areas after the elections.

He also revealed plans to ask for hold-departure order against 20 officials of the Venezuela-based firm that has been tapped to handle the country’s automated polls since 2010. (Eagle News)