Prominent Individuals

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Philippines President (2001 – 2010)

She was the 14th president of the Philippines from January 20, 2001 to June 30, 2010.
Responsible for the automation of elections in the country with the company Smartmatic and its partner Dominion Voting Systems.
Accused in 2011 by the judge of the regional court of Pasaym Jesus Mupaya, he ordered the arrest of the former president for the alleged manipulation of the results of the Senate elections in 2007, to favor her candidates.
She is currently a member of the Philippine House of Representatives.

José Armando R. Melo
Chairman of the COMELEC (2008 – 2011)

Former chairman of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) presided over the country’s first automated elections that ended in the interpellation of the members of the Comelec and Smartmatic before the Philippine Congress for the failure of the memory cards in the precinct scanners (PCOS).

Benigno Noynoy S. Aquino II
Philippines President (2010 – 2016)

President-elect, the result of the Philippines’ first automated elections, a controversial election that culminated in a congressional inquiry into alleged fraud.

Sixto S. Brillante Jr
Chairman of the COMELEC (2011 – 2015)

His administration was framed beyond the continuation of the expansion, maintenance and renovation of the Philippine electoral system, in the multiple denunciations against the voting automation companies.
Highlighting the lack of source code auditing, the manipulation of code during the conflict in the Delaware court between Smartmatic and Dominion Voting Systems, affecting the credibility of the Philippine electoral process.

Christian Robert S. Lim
Commissioner of the Commission on Elections of the Philippines (2011-2018).

Internal President following the resignation of Andres Bautista as President in 2016.

Rowena Amelia V. Guanzó
Commissioner of the Commission on Elections of the Philippines (2015-2022).

Prominent for denouncing Smartmatic’s intrusion by modifying the source code in the transparency servers, it proceeded to request the prohibition of Smartmatic’s employees to leave the country.

J. Andres D. Bautista
Chairman of the COMELEC (2015 – 2016)

Investigated for alleged money laundering offenses in a Southern District of Florida court. The Department of Homeland Security and Investigations charged Bautista with conspiracy to launder monetary instrumentalities, promotional money laundering and concealment of money laundering.