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Kontra Daya asks Imee Marcos to quit as head of Senate poll reforms panel
A poll watchdog, Kontra Daya, has called for Senator Imee Marcos to resign as the head of the Senate Committee on Electoral Reforms.
Kontra Daya cited delicadeza and conflict of interest as reasons for their request.
The watchdog believes that Senator Marcos's role as committee head, coupled with her brother Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. being a presidential frontrunner, creates a conflict of interest.
Kontra Daya expressed concern that legislative inquiries related to elections might lose public trust due to this situation.
Smartmatic, the elections system provider, has refuted claims of a security breach, stating that their system was not hacked and that the alleged data circulating online is unverified and possibly manipulated.
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