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Posted on 28 June 2010
The anti-fraud group Kontra Daya today said the Commission on Elections (Comelec) should avoid making further delays in the investigation of the poll body’s scrapped P689.7-million ballot secrecy folder deal with OTC Paper Supply.
The Comelec almost purchased 1.8 million ballot secrecy folders at P380 each from OTC Paper Supply. The contract aroused controversy and eventually, Comelec chairman Jose Melo orderred its cancellation. The Comelec decided to use ordinary folders for the May 10 elections.
Early last April, the poll body created a three-man team headed by Comelec Law Department head Ferdinand Rafanan to investigate anomalies surrounding the ballot secrecy folder deal.
The team’s deadline for submitting its findings was first set at April 20, but it was moved several times to April 30, June 4, June 18, June 22, and June 25. The deadline was extended again to today.
“This investigation has gone on too long and it must not take any longer,” said Kontra Daya convener Fr. Joe Dizon. “The investigative team should be able to submit its findings no later than today.”
Dizon also expressed hope that the investigative team’s report will leave no stone unturned as to who were involved in the anomalous deal.
“That the contract was overpriced is clear,” Dizon said. “What has to be established is who were involved in what could have been another major scam under this scandal-ridden administration. The report should protect no one and should point to everyone involved in this contract, be they the commission’s lowliest employee or its highest-ranking official.”
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