The Commission on Elections on Wednesday, February 12, warns against syndicates claiming to be able to manipulate election results in favor of candidates who pay them.
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00:00The Commission on Elections on Wednesday, February 12, warned against syndicates claiming
00:05to be able to manipulate election results in favor of candidates who pay them.
00:09The COMELEC says victory peddlers are not new, but arrests are rare.
00:13Following the recent arrest of three individuals who allegedly attempted to extort 90 million
00:17pesos from candidates in Cagayan in exchange for their victory, the COMELEC outlined the
00:22new scheme the peddlers are promoting.
00:25COMELEC Chairman George Garcia says peddlers claim to have connections within the poll
00:28body and promised to use a secret shade during ballot printing to invalidate votes for rival
00:34candidates.
00:35However, Garcia says the claims are impossible.
00:37Meantime, COMELEC Commissioner Amy Ferrolino denies the arrested individuals had any connection
00:42to the poll body and says they were part of a large syndicate operating across the country.
00:47The COMELEC assures the public the machines to be used in the upcoming midterm elections
00:51cannot be manipulated.