Hi Doc, Quick question: How long before SC arrives with a decision?
On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 21:16, Pablo Manalastas <[email protected]> wrote: > --- On Wed, 10/14/09, Oscar Plameras <[email protected]> wrote: > >> As a matter of interest there was a previous court >> decision on a similar matter which was ruled by SC >> in favor of the Comelec. > > The "Harry Roque vs COMELEC-Smartmatic" is not a similar matter to the > "CenPEG vs COMELEC" case. The only thing similar is that both cases > were brought to the Supreme Court. > > In the former case, Roque wanted the contract between COMELEC and > Smartmatic-TIM declared null and void on several grounds, including questions > on the 60-40% ownership, Smartmatic's control of our election, and the lack > of pilot testing before full computerization. The Supreme court ruled in > favor of COMELEC. > > In the latter case, CenPEG wants COMELEC to release the source code of the > election programs (it is a mandamus petition), the source code that COMELEC > has already committed to release to CenPEG in its own en-banc resolution. The > Supreme Court still has to decide this case. > > Please verify your facts before making such careless statements, because such > careless statements offend the sensibilities of some people in this list. > > ~Pablo Manalastas~ > > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
