KILOSBAYAN FOUNDATION and BANTAY KATARUNGAN ...

Supplemental Resolution
OMB-L-C-04-0922-J - Kilosbayan Foundation and Bantay Katarungan Foundation vs Benjamin Abalos, et al.,;
OMB-L-C-04-0983-J - Sen. Aquilino Q. Pimentel, Jr., FIO vs Benjamin Santos Abalos, et al.,;
OMB-C-C-04-0011-A - Sen. Aquilino Q. Pimentel, Jr. vs. Luzviminda Tancangco, et al.,;
OMB-L-A-04-0706-J - Sen. Aquilino Pimentel, Jr., FIO vs Eduardo Dulay Mejos,
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to the fact that the ACMs of Mega Pacific had obtained a 100% accuracy
rating during the verification tests.
E. Engineer Fred T. Liza
(Chief Planning Officer of the MIRDC and one of the designated Supervisors for
the evaluation of the Automated Counting Machine)
Engineer Liza stated that when both Mega Pacific and Total
Information and Management Corporation (TIMC) submitted their
respective ACMs for technical evaluation, the criteria used in evaluating
both were based on the same 27 key requirements set forth in the RFP.
He clarified that Item Nos. 1-14 7 of the key requirements pertain to
the ballot counting system; while items 15-27 pertain to the process of
canvassing and consolidation capacity of the software of which Item Nos.
15-22 relate to the city and municipal consolidation and canvassing while
the rest to the provincial, district and national levels. 8
F. PROFESSOR NELSON J. CELIS
(CHAIRMAN, TECHNICAL AD HOC EVALUATION COMMITTEE)
Professor Celis also admitted that during the COMELEC-Private
Sector, Conference Workshop on Automating The 2004 Elections held on
March 1 and 2, 2002 at the Day’s Hotel, Tagaytay City, it was agreed that the
accuracy rating standard of 99.995% was approved and not 99.9995%. In
fact, the Technical Ad Hoc Evaluation Committee was the one who
recommended the adoption of an accuracy rating of 99.995% of which,
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Ibid
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