00:00Following the back out of a local partner of Miru Systems,
00:04Transparency is now the demand of a group related to the split of those in its joint venture.
00:11As for their intention, who will be the one to join this fight?
00:17Mark Salazar has the answer.
00:21The Civil Society Group Right to Know Right Now Coalition is concerned
00:27that the vote may be chosen to back out one of the three Filipino partners
00:32in the joint venture with Miru of Korea.
00:35The one who backed out was St. Timothy Construction Corporation
00:39who is now in charge of the credit line in case the joint venture needs a fund.
00:44Who will join the financing that is still in the air?
00:50Especially since St. Timothy has already left.
00:52Funds have been disbursed, a big part of the P17.9 billion
00:58and the ballot is about to be printed.
01:01The group is asking for documents to see the share of the work and expenses of each in the joint venture.
01:08The financial records are more detailed and the 60 to 40 ownership rule is divided in the head.
01:16As of now, they have nothing to talk about.
01:19That's why we're telling Comelec, keep everything out, put everything out there.
01:24And for the Miru JV, talk to us. Where are you?
01:28We can't see where they are.
01:30The office said that Miru is not there.
01:33But are we talking to a phantom joint venture here?
01:37In a statement, Miru and the two remaining Filipino partners said
01:42that they have submitted a new net financial contracting capacity,
01:46a document showing their liquidity.
01:49They are asking Comelec to follow up and fulfill their contract for the 2025 elections.
01:57They have already shown their ability to do this.
02:01As of now, more than 78,000 of the 110,000 automated counting machines have already been delivered.
02:09Their commitment to transparency and inclusivity in delivering the remaining requirements remains.
02:17As for their office, Miru said that they used to be in Quezon City,
02:21but they moved to Manila to be closer to Comelec
02:25on their request for easier coordination and communication.
02:31Miru also said that even if the Philippine company St. Timothy withdraws,
02:36the joint venture is still 60% Filipino-owned
02:41because the former shares of St. Timothy have been transferred to another partner.
02:46The coalition will wait for six months, according to the Freedom of Information Act,
02:52for the documents to be issued by the Miru Joint Venture.
02:56After the 15 working days, we will be exhausting all our possible remedies,
03:02including judicial remedies if necessary.
03:06We are listening to the statement of Comelec to the words of the Right to Know Right Now Coalition.
03:12For GMA Integrated News, Mark Salazar.
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