MCPO to reschedule Marcos’ filed complaint
The Manila City Prosecutor’s Office (MCPO) has agreed to reschedule the preliminary investigation on the cybercrime complaint filed by defeated vice presidential candidate Sen. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. against Smartmatic and the Commission on Elections (Comelec). Photo courtesy of AFP/Getty Images The prosecutor’s office has reset the investigation to June 17 after Smartmatic’s lawyers asked an extension to answer the complaint and to file their counter-affidavit. Marcos, who lost the May 2016 vice presidential bid after a tight race, to Liberal Part vice presidential bet, Camarines Sur Rep. Leni Robredo, earlier filed a complaint against Smartmatic and Comelec personnel for alleged violation of the anti-cybercrime law. Marcos’ camp asserted the poll body and Smartmatic committed security breach in the election server, after a Smartmatic personnel changed the script in the transparency server without informing a Comelec official. The senator said the move was suspicious after it caused an increase in the number [...]