The head of the poll authority, George Garcia, stated on Wednesday that the Commission on Elections (Comelec) has received reports of people offering money up to P100 million to election candidates in exchange for a “win” in the 2025 local and national elections.
\nThere are people out there deceiving the public, candidates, or would-be candidates, according to complaints we have received.
\nBecause they allegedly know someone at Comelec, he claimed that these people are requesting P50 million, P70 million, or P100 million in exchange for a “win” in the next elections.
\nBut Garcia made it clear that this kind of offer is a “scam.”
\nWe need the public’s assistance to report and apprehend them, I hope. I’m hoping you won’t fall for this charade. That is untrue.
\nFurthermore, he reassured the populace that safeguards against election results manipulation are in place.
\nYou know, in case the outcomes change, the new equipment we purchased has a countercheck. We made sure the entire procedure was transparent.
\nFor the purchase of a new automated election system for the 2025 elections, Comelec and Miru signed a P17.99 billion contract in March.
\nApproximately 110,000 equipment and peripherals, such as vote boxes, laptops, and additional printing needs for the polls, were covered by the contract. According to Garcia, the poll organization anticipates receiving the first shipment of about 20,000 machines in August.
\nDuring the campaign, Garcia promised to persuade the Comelec en banc to forbid the use of deepfakes or artificial intelligence.
\nWe are going to persuade the Commission En Banc to forbid the use of AI and deepfakes during the campaign.
\nWhen these are employed, there is a lot of misrepresentation and a lot of lies since many people will be confused.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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