The Standard - 2016 May 25 - Wednesday

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VOL. XXX NO. 102 3 Sections 32 Pages P18 WEDNESDAY : MAY 25, 2016 www.thestandard.com.ph editorial@thestandard.com.ph

Duterte may free political prisoners

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CYBERCRIME RAPS FILED VS COMELEC By Macon Ramos-Araneta, Christine F. Herrera, Maricel V. Cruz, and Sara Susanne D. Fabunan

THE camp of vice presidential candidate Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr. filed charges Tuesday against Smartmatic and Commission on Elections personnel, accusing them of violating the Cybercrime Prevention Act by illegally changing the program used by the transparency server on the night of the elections.

Charged were Smartmatic personnel Marlon Garcia, a Venezuelan national and head of the Technical Support Team; Elie Moreno, an Israeli national and project director and Neil Banigued and Mauricio Herrera, members of the Technical Support Team; and Comelec IT experts led by Rouie Peñalba, Nelson Herrera and Frances Mae Gonzalez. The complaint was filed by Abakada Rep. Jonathan dela Cruz, Marcos’ campaign advisor.

Accompanied by lawyer Jose Amor Amorado, head of Marcos’ Quick Count Center, Dela Cruz said the group clearly violated Section 4 of the Cybercrime Prevention Act by intentionally altering computer data, without right and altering and interfering with the functioning of a computer and computer network by inputting, deleting and altering computer data and program, without right or authority. Dela Cruz pointed out that respondents were tasked to ensure

the credibility of the elections by manning the transparency server at the Pope Pius XII Catholic Center Building in Manila. No other personnel is allowed in the transparency server except the Comelec, through its IT Department. Despite such rules, Dela Cruz said respondents entered the room with the transparency server and changed the script without authorization on the night of the elections when transmissions were in full swing. Next page

Uninterred. This file photo taken in July 2014 shows former first lady Imelda Marcos kissing the glass case bearing her late husband and former President Ferdinand Marcos during a visit to the mausoleum in Batac town, Ilocos Norte. A plan by President-in-waiting Rodrigo Duterte to have Marcos buried at the Libingan Ng Mga Bayani is still being opposed by President Benigno Aquino III. AFP

Questions raised on who should canvass

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Aquino still against FM ‘Libingan’ burial By Sandy Araneta and Joel E. Zurbano PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino III remains opposed to the burial of former President Ferdinand E. Marcos at the Libingan Ng Mga Bayani, a Palace spokesman said Tuesday. “Kindly review what President [Aqui-

no] has stated previously in Focap [Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines] and other public fora. I am not aware of any change in his position,” said Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr., in a statement. In 2011, the President told the foreign press that it would be the “height of injustice” to render state honors to Mar-

cos who made the Filipino people suffer during the Martial Law period. At the time, Aquino noted that many Martial Law victims have not even been given an apology or compensation. “ I will not be sanctioning a burial for the late President Marcos… not under my watch,” Aquino said in his Focap interview. Next page


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