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JurisprudenceG.R. No. 273136

ELISEO MIJARES RIO, JR., AUGUSTO CADELI�A LAGMAN, AND FRANKLIN FAYLOGA YSAAC, VS. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS�EN BANC.

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WHEREFORE , premises considered, the Commission ( En Banc ) hereby� RESOLVED �to� GRANT �the Petition.� SMARTMATIC PHILIPPINES, INC. is DISQUALIFIED AND DISALLOWED �from participating in any public bidding process for elections, in the exercise of its administrative power to decide all matters affecting election [sic] and in pursuit of its constitutional mandate.

Decision

Ruling

WHEREFORE , premises considered, the Commission ( En Banc ) hereby RESOLVED to GRANT the Petition. SMARTMATIC PHILIPPINES, INC. is DISQUALIFIED AND DISALLOWED from participating in any public bidding process for elections, in the exercise of its administrative power to decide all matters affecting election [sic] and in pursuit of its constitutional mandate. FURTHER , the Commission ( En Banc ) hereby RESOLVES that in the exercise of its administrative power, it may, upon Petitioner's instance, order the conduct of the recount of ballots in areas in every region in the country, the procedure and extent of which to be determined, and at no cost to Petitioner. SO ORDERED.