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ay naniwala na kwestyonable yung resulta ng elections last year, right?
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Okay, may mga nagkwestyon ng resulta ng elections last year.
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And, you know, I and Ronald Yama sa mga oras have had discussions about this.
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Naiwala po kami na yung resulta ng election ay hindi masyadong malayo
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dun sa prinuproject ng mga surveys
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and that hindi mo pwede sabihin na lahat ng surveys ay compromised.
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Because that's a big claim, almost libelous din yan, speaking of fake news, right?
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At kung sasabihin mo na maniwala ka sa Google Trends na lang,
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napaka-kwestyonabling basihan ang Google Trends
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for making reasonable claims about actual election preference.
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Kasi, Google Trends looks at kung ginugel mo yung isang tao dahil interesado ko sa kanya.
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So, I don't know, Kanye West, you may hate the guy reasonably,
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but the guy will be among the most Googled people out there.
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So, that doesn't mean you're gonna vote for Kanye West if he runs for president.
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Again, it just means you're interested in the person as a topic, right?
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So, very questionable in Google Trends.
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Now, having said that, tayo po naman ay open-minded persons.
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And we always make analysis based on available evidence, right?
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We make analysis based on available data, mga kameta.
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Available data, available evidence, and also tinitignan po natin yung mga latest developments.
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Now, over the past six months, may mga kasamaan tayo na
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very, very passionately have been questioning the technical aspects of last year's elections.
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And I've been raising serious concerns whether may integridad yung electronic logistical system
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in charge dun sa ating elections.
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And in that light, mahalaga itong latest na ano.
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So, from SMNI, ito na, transition na tayo sa Smartmatic.
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So, may mga developments over the past 24 hours or so
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that I definitely think are worth mentioning.
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And I think we'll have to have a proper and in-depth analysis on them
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also with other friends and experts, including those who also share some of my skepticism
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about questioning the entire result of last year's elections.
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But, let me be absolutely clear.
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I'm 100% for elections integrity.
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I'm 100% for making sure na walang kalokohan.
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At parati ko sinasabi,
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isa sa problema natin is that we're already looking at the downstream.
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Upstream pa lang, meaning vote buying pa lang, ang laki ng problema sa ating bansa.
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Sa aking palagay, yung malaking cheating problem sa ating bansa ay vote buying and voter intimidation.
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Bago pa yung vote count.
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But, speaking of the vote count part, let's look at the latest.
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So, may breaking news po kahapon na Comelec ay nagbabar na po
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ng technology company Smartmatic from participating in future elections sa Pilipinas,
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ayon kay Chairman George Garcia.
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This is a big, big development, mga kameta.
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Malaking issue yan, mga kameta.
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So, we saw this news kagabi na breaking news.
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Yung mga kaibigan natin dyan sa Rappler, they posted about this.
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This is serious. Hindi ito trivial, mga kameta.
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And we have to follow this very, very carefully.
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So, ito po yung breaking news na hindi na po gagamit din ang Smartmatic.
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Interestingly, the situation with the Smartmatic is,
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So, ito po yung breaking news na hindi na po gagamit din ang Smartmatic.
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The situation with the Smartmatic is also having,
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kasi I think it's the same company, di ba?
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Meron din silang problema sa kabila ng mundo, sa Amerika.
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Bati si Rupert Murdoch, no?
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Might lose his position.
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This is the same company, right?
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Itong Smartmatic na involved din dun sa election sa US naman.
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Kasi di ba, yung problema naman sa US is yung concerns about fake news by Fox News, etc.
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So, assuming these two are the same company, which I expect,
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So, assuming these two are the same company, which I expect,
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So, assuming these two are the same company, which I expect,
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them to be the same company,
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nakikita na natin actually both in the Philippines and US under assault na itong Smartmatic.
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So, in the US actually right now,
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Rupert Murdoch, the oligarch, the ultimate oligarch succession king sa media po,
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ay potentially mawawalan na siya ng position, no?
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Even his kind of emeritus position dun sa defamation case, based dun sa...
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Now, this is a different, of course, very different case, no?
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Now, this is a different, of course, very different case, no?
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But in the sense that this is about the fraudulent attacks on the result of the election in 2020 in the US.
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And we're talking about the Georgia elections and the election counter.
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So, it's less... It's not really about Smartmatic's election integrity.
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It's about questioning the integrity of the elections that happened to be overseen by Smartmatic,
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but essentially as a fake news, right?
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To cast doubt on the result of the election integrity.
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Sa Philippines, it's a completely different drama.
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So, Philippines, ayaw na nila, ayaw na nila ang Comelec to do anything with the Smartmatic.
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And, in response, medyo strong yung, well, medyo strong yung response ng Smartmatic.
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Let's just talk about this shortly because this is important, mga kamay.
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Hindi ako dismissive, diba?
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When we see developments, when we see evidence, when we see data,
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as John Maynard Cain said, when facts change, my minds change.
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So, if you provide me evidence, actual evidence, that there's something seriously going on there,
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and then I'm always, I'm always ears, no?
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Okay, so ito, ito, ito, mga kamay, ito. Tignan natin, ha.
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So, this is today. This is today.
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So, sabi ng Smartmatic, we're very confident that had Comelec inform us of the matter,
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allowed us to explain our side and present countervailing evidence,
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unfair disqualification would not have been meted out.
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So, now yung Smartmatic naman na kakomplain.
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Again, just to be clear, the case in the U.S. is very, very different.
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It also involves Smartmatic, but in a completely different sense.
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In a sense that it's about Fox News questioning the integrity,
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the integrity of elections questionably, right?
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This is a different case.
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This is people in the Philippines questioning whether Smartmatic
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is the right partner for automated elections.
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And now, right now, it looks like may malaking pagbabago nang nangyari
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sa ating political and electoral landscape ahead of 2025 elections.
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So, ito, ang Smartmatic po, ay long-time voting technology provider po
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ng commission election.
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At ngayon, biglang, binar na sila from participating in bidding processes
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on all poll contracts for the foreseeable future.
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Kaya, in response, nung today, today, no?
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Ito yung sinabi ng Smartmatic na we're very confident na sana
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kung kinahusap kami ng Comelec at they raised to us their issues,
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then we could have pushed back against it.
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Now, let's not forget that the Comelec dumped Smartmatic
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after he figured out in a United States lawsuit against former elections chief
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Andres Bautista over an alleged bribery scheme in 2016 elections.
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This is also another...
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another issue that we can have a discussion about.
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Grabe, ang dami nang nangyari dito.
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ang dami nang nangyari dito.
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but the thing is, in the case of the Philippines,
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we want to get more from people who have serious concerns about Smartmatic.
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And I look forward also to seeing, anong sinasabi na,
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Alright, eto, eto, eto, eto.
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So, in a 17-page, sorry, I was just trying to look, trying to find it.
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saan yung ay glasses natin?
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In a 17-page ruling by Comelec released kahapon, Wednesday, November 29th of 2024,
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dun in response to a petition submitted to the poll body in June
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by the team of former Information Communications Technology Secretary,
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General Elicio Rio, of course.
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You guys are very familiar with him.
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He has been at the forefront of questioning the integrity of the election process.
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His complaint had alleged that the 2022 ultimate elections were marred with fraud.
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The commission elections, however, had little to do with the 2022 elections,
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which the poll body maintained was credible and focused instead on the alleged 2016 bribery scheme.
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So, yung bribery scheme na yan, ibang usapan na naman.
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We can talk about the date run in separate vlogs.
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Pero, eto yung ruling ng commission election, mga kamayatan.
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Let me get out to you.
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Yung mga relevant facts here.
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And this is actually big, ah.
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This is really worth proper discussion, mga kamayatan.
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Mabalikan natin ito, ah.
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Ayon dun sa ruling ng Comelec, mga kamayatan.
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Dun sa 17-page ruling nila, you can actually find it and download it yourself, sabi nila.
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So, essentially, ang sinasabing nga yan is,
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these allegations made by the complainant not only undermine and cast a shadow of doubt
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over the procurement protocols,
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but also threaten to erode the public's confidence in the electoral system.
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So, this is, wow, this is big.
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So, as you know, Swert Mathematic has provided Comelec with Paul Machines
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and the technology since 2010 elections when Pinoy won.
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That was our first automated elections.
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And it has secured contracts worth 25 billion pesos.
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Over the past decade.
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Ayon sa Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism.
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For the 2025, the Comelec is pushing for an overhaul of the entire automated election system,
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a project worth 18.8 billion pesos.
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Almost as expensive as the entire decade that we allowed for automated elections.
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Now, obviously, Swert Mathematic was among those who purchased bidding documents in October,
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but now it looks like they're out of the picture.
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So, we have to follow this very carefully because
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now, suddenly, after this,
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we're missing all of these criticisms and allegations among,
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by General Rio and folks who have been questioning the integrative elections,
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Meron na tayong etong response.
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And Swert Mathematic is, of course, also dealing with another separate case in the United States,
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yung 2016 allegations naman na,
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okay, ibang usapan niya, medyo habang usapan niyan.
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We can have a different blog about this.
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But, naonawala yung, let me just end on this note,
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naonawala yung Swert Mathematic,
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unless there's an appeal process,
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but if they come back, then gulo na naman yan.
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Let's see who else is gonna replace it because,
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okay, let's say talagang may problema talaga sa Swert Mathematic,
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tapos i-replace mo with even more questionable or really questionable group,
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then mayrap din yan.
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So, please watch out for this.
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Let's look at this carefully.
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And I think now, we can more credibly have,
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now, I think after this, especially this ruling,
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kasi parang may recognition na may problema talaga,
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we can have a more credible discussion about what on earth happened,
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in last year's elections.
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And to what degree was the final result of the elections
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really undermined by allegedly problematic election,
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automated elections infrastructures that we had,
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as it was overseen by Smartmatic.
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Although, of course, Smartmatic pushes back against this
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and have a counterclaim.
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So, I don't think maawala itong issue na ito for any foreseeable future.
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If anything, I think this is gonna be intensifying,
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this is gonna intensify ahead of 2025 elections
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and it's gonna further reinforce doubts about,
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not only last year's elections results,
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but elections throughout the past decade.
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So, uff, laking problema yan.
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At mahapang usapay nga yan,
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but of course, pinakamalaking problema sa atin
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is to make sure na the election process ay may integridad.
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Hindi lang dun sa pagbilang sa mga boto,
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pero mas maalaga pa dyan yung vote buying
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and disenfranchisement and violence during elections.
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Lahat nyan po yung mga problema at mga threats sa ating demokrasya.
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So, on that note, thank you very much mga kameta.
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Sorry na naubos ang energy ko dun.
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Kaya maharli ka kanina and the whole SMNI issue.
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But this is also very important.
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I felt it's important to discuss this.
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So, dun sa mga kanila mga kaibigan natin sa YouTube,
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other platforms, I'll try to separate these parts
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para two different parts
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where you can watch them separately and comment separately
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kasi sinama ko essentially two topics together.
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On that note, thank you very much.
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God bless and have a good day.
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And by the way, at 7, we will be back, God willing,
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and we'll have another interview, discussion.
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Don't worry about it.
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Re-energize lang tayo.
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Talk to you soon.
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Mabuhay po ang Pilipinas.
