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                    [ArticleID] => 366575
                    [Title] => SC orders Ombudsman to explain ACM ruling
                    [Summary] => The Supreme Court (SC) has ordered the Office of the Ombudsman to respond to the petition filed by opposition lawmakers seeking to nullify its decision clearing Commission on Elections (Comelec) officials of any criminal liability over the voided P1.3-billion automated counting machines (ACMs) contract.

                    [DatePublished] => 2006-11-02 00:00:00
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                    [AuthorName] =>  Jose Rodel Clapano
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                    [Title] => Foundation asks SC to hold Ombudsman in contempt over ACM deal
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The group that convinced the Supreme Court (SC) to void the government’s automated vote counting machine contract with the MegaPacific consortium wants the Ombudsman cited for contempt for absolving poll officials involved in the anomalous deal.


The Information Technology Foundation of the Philippines (ITFP) asked the SC over the weekend to hold the Office of the Ombudsman led by Merceditas Gutierrez in contempt for clearing Commission of Elections (Comelec) officials of any wrongdoing in the P1.3-billion automated counting machines (ACM) contract.
[DatePublished] => 2006-10-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097133 [AuthorName] => Jose Rodel Clapano [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 317549 [Title] => Comelec turns tables on critics, accuses group of dagdag-bawas [Summary] => Look who’s committing "dagdag-bawas" now.

The Commission on Elections turned the tables on its critics yesterday, accusing a cyber-savvy group of padding the list of online signatories calling for the resignation of Comelec commissioners.

The Comelec, which has been accused of vote padding and shaving in the past, said the Information Technology Foundation of the Philippines (ITFP) was rigging its count of those who are opposed to the commission.
[DatePublished] => 2006-01-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097338 [AuthorName] => Mayen Jaymalin [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 261438 [Title] => Losing Comelec bidder eyes impeach raps vs poll officials [Summary] => The losing bidder in the botched Commission on Elections (Comelec) poll automation project is preparing an impeachment complaint and a criminal case against the poll body’s seven commissioners who approved the anomalous P1.3-billion deal.

Augusto Lagman, former president of the Information Technology Foundation of the Philippines (ITFP), said they were preparing their documents, but he could not say when they would file the charges.
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