[OPINION] Red alert! Can we be cheated out of our May 9 vote?

'F2 logistics is chaired by Davao-based Dennis Uy, longtime friend and partner of Rodrigo Duterte, who contributed a cool P30 million to Duterte’s campaign chest' PHVote WeDecide Opinion

In the glaring light of day, and despite pundits and alarm bells ringing, F2 Logistics is now in charge of our ballot and all that goes with it, courtesy of the Comelec. Last November the company signed a P536-million contract with Comelec Commissioner Sheriff Abbas for preparations of the election machinery.

Being concerned about possible fraud, they complained to the Senate last March 9. They said that even if a lockdown was in place, Comelec could have conducted livestreaming of the operations to ensure transparency. Unfortunately, by that time, Comelec disclosed that two thirds or 43 million of the 65 million ballots, had already been printed, with 32%, or about 20 million, being sent for packing and shipping. Of course even the senators were upset.

And who is behind all this? F2 logistics, which the Comelec said it trusted to handle our automated election system, is the firm that became Comelec’s nationwide courier for the 2018 barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections, bagging P37.4 million worth of contracts. F2 also secured two of four delivery contracts for the 2019 polls worth P391 million. And now they are back in a government contract with a maximum contract price of P1.6 billion for bidders.

When questioned about the latter, the President came quickly to the defense of his buddy Dennis Uy as being “above board,” though Udenna had no experience in the gas field business.

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