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ng UNITEAM na medyo falling apart na.

Okay, mga kameta, medyo delikado na yan.

Now, in the meantime,

habang nakikita natin ng itong mga attacks sa free press,

call for press, freedom,

habang inaabsorb ko pa yung mga raffles ni Marlica,

let's quickly talk about this other issue na very important because

I know marami sa mga kameta natin dyan,

marami nagmamahal sa atin dyan,

ay naniwala na kwestyonable yung resulta ng elections last year, right?

Ano daw? Delulu?

Okay, may mga nagkwestyon ng resulta ng elections last year.

And, you know, I and Ronald Yama sa mga oras have had discussions about this.

Naiwala po kami na yung resulta ng election ay hindi masyadong malayo

dun sa prinuproject ng mga surveys

and that hindi mo pwede sabihin na lahat ng surveys ay compromised.

Because that's a big claim, almost libelous din yan, speaking of fake news, right?

At kung sasabihin mo na maniwala ka sa Google Trends na lang,

napaka-kwestyonabling basihan ang Google Trends

for making reasonable claims about actual election preference.

Kasi, Google Trends looks at kung ginugel mo yung isang tao dahil interesado ko sa kanya.

So, I don't know, Kanye West, you may hate the guy reasonably,

but the guy will be among the most Googled people out there.

So, that doesn't mean you're gonna vote for Kanye West if he runs for president.

Again, it just means you're interested in the person as a topic, right?

So, very questionable in Google Trends.

Now, having said that, tayo po naman ay open-minded persons.

And we always make analysis based on available evidence, right?

We make analysis based on available data, mga kameta.

Available data, available evidence, and also tinitignan po natin yung mga latest developments.

Now, over the past six months, may mga kasamaan tayo na

very, very passionately have been questioning the technical aspects of last year's elections.

And I've been raising serious concerns whether may integridad yung electronic logistical system

in charge dun sa ating elections.

And in that light, mahalaga itong latest na ano.

So, from SMNI, ito na, transition na tayo sa Smartmatic.

So, may mga developments over the past 24 hours or so

that I definitely think are worth mentioning.

And I think we'll have to have a proper and in-depth analysis on them

also with other friends and experts, including those who also share some of my skepticism

about questioning the entire result of last year's elections.

But, let me be absolutely clear.

I'm 100% for elections integrity.

I'm 100% for making sure na walang kalokohan.

At parati ko sinasabi,

isa sa problema natin is that we're already looking at the downstream.

Upstream pa lang, meaning vote buying pa lang, ang laki ng problema sa ating bansa.

Sa aking palagay, yung malaking cheating problem sa ating bansa ay vote buying and voter intimidation.

Bago pa yung vote count.

But, speaking of the vote count part, let's look at the latest.

So, may breaking news po kahapon na Comelec ay nagbabar na po

ng technology company Smartmatic from participating in future elections sa Pilipinas,

ayon kay Chairman George Garcia.

This is a big, big development, mga kameta.

Malaking issue yan, mga kameta.

So, we saw this news kagabi na breaking news.

Yung mga kaibigan natin dyan sa Rappler, they posted about this.

This is serious. Hindi ito trivial, mga kameta.

And we have to follow this very, very carefully.

So, ito po yung breaking news na hindi na po gagamit din ang Smartmatic.

Interestingly, the situation with the Smartmatic is,

So, ito po yung breaking news na hindi na po gagamit din ang Smartmatic.

The situation with the Smartmatic is also having,

kasi I think it's the same company, di ba?

Meron din silang problema sa kabila ng mundo, sa Amerika.

Bati si Rupert Murdoch, no?

Might lose his position.

This is the same company, right?

Itong Smartmatic na involved din dun sa election sa US naman.

Kasi di ba, yung problema naman sa US is yung concerns about fake news by Fox News, etc.

So, assuming these two are the same company, which I expect,

So, assuming these two are the same company, which I expect,

So, assuming these two are the same company, which I expect,

them to be the same company,

nakikita na natin actually both in the Philippines and US under assault na itong Smartmatic.

So, in the US actually right now,

Rupert Murdoch, the oligarch, the ultimate oligarch succession king sa media po,

ay potentially mawawalan na siya ng position, no?

Even his kind of emeritus position dun sa defamation case, based dun sa...

Now, this is a different, of course, very different case, no?

Now, this is a different, of course, very different case, no?

But in the sense that this is about the fraudulent attacks on the result of the election in 2020 in the US.

And we're talking about the Georgia elections and the election counter.

So, it's less... It's not really about Smartmatic's election integrity.

It's about questioning the integrity of the elections that happened to be overseen by Smartmatic,

but essentially as a fake news, right?

To cast doubt on the result of the election integrity.

Sa Philippines, it's a completely different drama.

So, Philippines, ayaw na nila, ayaw na nila ang Comelec to do anything with the Smartmatic.

And, in response, medyo strong yung, well, medyo strong yung response ng Smartmatic.

Let's just talk about this shortly because this is important, mga kamay.

Hindi ako dismissive, diba?

When we see developments, when we see evidence, when we see data,

as John Maynard Cain said, when facts change, my minds change.

So, if you provide me evidence, actual evidence, that there's something seriously going on there,

and then I'm always, I'm always ears, no?

Okay, so ito, ito, ito, mga kamay, ito. Tignan natin, ha.

So, this is today. This is today.

So, sabi ng Smartmatic, we're very confident that had Comelec inform us of the matter,

allowed us to explain our side and present countervailing evidence,

unfair disqualification would not have been meted out.

So, now yung Smartmatic naman na kakomplain.

Again, just to be clear, the case in the U.S. is very, very different.

It also involves Smartmatic, but in a completely different sense.

In a sense that it's about Fox News questioning the integrity,

the integrity of elections questionably, right?

This is a different case.

This is people in the Philippines questioning whether Smartmatic

is the right partner for automated elections.

And now, right now, it looks like may malaking pagbabago nang nangyari

sa ating political and electoral landscape ahead of 2025 elections.

So, ito, ang Smartmatic po, ay long-time voting technology provider po

ng commission election.

At ngayon, biglang, binar na sila from participating in bidding processes

on all poll contracts for the foreseeable future.

Kaya, in response, nung today, today, no?

Ito yung sinabi ng Smartmatic na we're very confident na sana

kung kinahusap kami ng Comelec at they raised to us their issues,

then we could have pushed back against it.

Now, let's not forget that the Comelec dumped Smartmatic

after he figured out in a United States lawsuit against former elections chief

Andres Bautista over an alleged bribery scheme in 2016 elections.

This is also another...

another issue that we can have a discussion about.

Grabe, ang dami nang nangyari dito.

Now,

ang dami nang nangyari dito.

But,

but the thing is, in the case of the Philippines,

we want to get more from people who have serious concerns about Smartmatic.

And I look forward also to seeing, anong sinasabi na,

Comelec.

Alright, eto, eto, eto, eto.

So, in a 17-page, sorry, I was just trying to look, trying to find it.

So,

saan yung ay glasses natin?

Ah,

second, ah.

In a 17-page ruling by Comelec released kahapon, Wednesday, November 29th of 2024,

dun in response to a petition submitted to the poll body in June

by the team of former Information Communications Technology Secretary,

Elicio Rio.

General Elicio Rio, of course.

You guys are very familiar with him.

He has been at the forefront of questioning the integrity of the election process.

His complaint had alleged that the 2022 ultimate elections were marred with fraud.

The commission elections, however, had little to do with the 2022 elections,

which the poll body maintained was credible and focused instead on the alleged 2016 bribery scheme.

So, yung bribery scheme na yan, ibang usapan na naman.

We can talk about the date run in separate vlogs.

Pero, eto yung ruling ng commission election, mga kamayatan.

Let me get out to you.

Yung mga relevant facts here.

And this is actually big, ah.

This is really worth proper discussion, mga kamayatan.

Mabalikan natin ito, ah.

So, eto, ah.

Ayon dun sa ruling ng Comelec, mga kamayatan.

Yun.

Dun sa 17-page ruling nila, you can actually find it and download it yourself, sabi nila.

So, essentially, ang sinasabing nga yan is,

these allegations made by the complainant not only undermine and cast a shadow of doubt

over the procurement protocols,

but also threaten to erode the public's confidence in the electoral system.

So, this is, wow, this is big.

So, as you know, Swert Mathematic has provided Comelec with Paul Machines

and the technology since 2010 elections when Pinoy won.

That was our first automated elections.

And it has secured contracts worth 25 billion pesos.

Over the past decade.

Ayon sa Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism.

For the 2025, the Comelec is pushing for an overhaul of the entire automated election system,

a project worth 18.8 billion pesos.

Right?

Almost as expensive as the entire decade that we allowed for automated elections.

Now, obviously, Swert Mathematic was among those who purchased bidding documents in October,

but now it looks like they're out of the picture.

So, we have to follow this very carefully because

now, suddenly, after this,

we're missing all of these criticisms and allegations among,

by General Rio and folks who have been questioning the integrative elections,

boom, eto bigla.

Meron na tayong etong response.

And Swert Mathematic is, of course, also dealing with another separate case in the United States,

yung 2016 allegations naman na,

okay, ibang usapan niya, medyo habang usapan niyan.

We can have a different blog about this.

But, naonawala yung, let me just end on this note,

naonawala yung Swert Mathematic,

unless there's an appeal process,

but if they come back, then gulo na naman yan.

Let's see who else is gonna replace it because,

okay, let's say talagang may problema talaga sa Swert Mathematic,

tapos i-replace mo with even more questionable or really questionable group,

then mayrap din yan.

So, please watch out for this.

Let's look at this carefully.

And I think now, we can more credibly have,

now, I think after this, especially this ruling,

kasi parang may recognition na may problema talaga,

we can have a more credible discussion about what on earth happened,

in last year's elections.

And to what degree was the final result of the elections

really undermined by allegedly problematic election,

automated elections infrastructures that we had,

as it was overseen by Smartmatic.

Although, of course, Smartmatic pushes back against this

and have a counterclaim.

So, I don't think maawala itong issue na ito for any foreseeable future.

If anything, I think this is gonna be intensifying,

this is gonna intensify ahead of 2025 elections

and it's gonna further reinforce doubts about,

not only last year's elections results,

but elections throughout the past decade.

So, uff, laking problema yan.

At mahapang usapay nga yan,

but of course, pinakamalaking problema sa atin

is to make sure na the election process ay may integridad.

Hindi lang dun sa pagbilang sa mga boto,

pero mas maalaga pa dyan yung vote buying

and disenfranchisement and violence during elections.

Lahat nyan po yung mga problema at mga threats sa ating demokrasya.

So, on that note, thank you very much mga kameta.

Sorry na naubos ang energy ko dun.

Kaya maharli ka kanina and the whole SMNI issue.

But this is also very important.

I felt it's important to discuss this.

So, dun sa mga kanila mga kaibigan natin sa YouTube,

other platforms, I'll try to separate these parts

para two different parts

where you can watch them separately and comment separately

kasi sinama ko essentially two topics together.

On that note, thank you very much.

God bless and have a good day.

And by the way, at 7, we will be back, God willing,

and we'll have another interview, discussion.

Don't worry about it.

So, yeah.

Mag-a...

Mag-a...

Mag-a...

Re-energize lang tayo.

God bless.

Talk to you soon.

Mabuhay po ang Pilipinas.