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Partial Transcript of Stenographic l.{otesof the Regular En BalrcIleld on N{al'ch 31, 2010Present:

Chairnran Jose A.R. MeloComnrissioner Rene V. SarmierrtoCornnrissioner NicodernoT.FerrerConrmissioner LucenitoN.'fagleConrnrissioner ArlnandoC.VelascoCommissioner Elias R. YusophColrrnrissioner Gregor"ioY.[,arrazabalRef. No. 533-10 (UNI 6)C'lrairrnarr N,lelo What is your repolt on the ano, it's rurnber 6 lra,Corrun. Sanniento Ali nurnber 6C'ott-utl. Sarmietrto Clhair. befure our tneeting kahapon, may recommendation napalaang Larv Departnrent that is shor.vn in the records for thecancellation of the contract, I was the coniplete flles of thecorrtract, tnay recontrneudation na pala so our study u'ould show( llrainn:rn ltlelo Wlrerr r,vas tlre,Cotntn" Sartlietrto C-hair the rer:omttten

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is dated Malch 15. 2010 nauna iyLrng resolutinnf-lorttttt" I nrtazabal Qttestiott, I also sarv that rreltro, the l-aw Department said tliat it,stoo big hLrt rvhat is their poi't of reference as lraking it too big(-otttttt. Satrttiettto lVhat happens r,r,hat that before the [,arv Department rnade therecornrnerrclatior], there u.as a letter issr-recl by a cerlain DoctorArn'in serrano of the PPCRV, ancl representative of that groupr.vith the cornelec Bids and Arvard conunittee expressing hisconcent about the said an'arcl for being too exorbitantClhairrrrarr Melo lVherr rvas the lettel clatecl ?Clotnrn. Sanliento 'l'he letter Chair is clated March 22Clrainnan Melo Oh lrLrli pa rin. tapus nacotnnr. Sannieuto After that letter', the rrreuro ni Rafanan, 23Atty. Dela Cruz When r'vas tltat receivecl by the Comrnission. iyung merlo niya,by CornsecCotntn. Sarmiento T'lte resolr-rtion rrg March 15. prorrrulgatecl March l5 alsoAtty. Dela Ciruz Comut. rvlteu rvas that received ang nlemo ng Larv rvlien rvas that' receivecl by Cornsec'lComm. Sautriento Ok, tnerno ni Rafanan, it was received by the Office of theI Chairman, iVlarch 25Chairrrran 1\4elo Wherr was itCoutnr. Sarrniento After the resolutiorrClornnr. T'agle Noong rrakita na nila iyung overClomrn. Sannierrto Ng nal

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Conrn. TagleExec. Dir. 'l'olentino. .Ir.Cornrn. Sanniento

C'lmitrlan N'leloCornrr. Salrliento

I}ec. Dir. -T'olenfirro.Clornnr. fngleCornrrr. Irerr^erClornln. Sarntiento

Chairrnan Melo

Cornm, T'agleChainnan Melo

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Sahi nila ljoirred Doctrrl Arvin Serrarro cli sirrahingSir dicl l)octor Serrano also explained wh5, ire believes...Ang sabi niya I arn r,vriting this letter to express my sentimentl'egarding Lhe approi'al of the contract for ballot secrecy folderrvhich r,r,'as awarded to OTC:at a price of tluee hundred eightypesos (Php 380.00) per piece and then sinabi ni Rafanan, I joinDoctor Arlin Serrano in the shock at the obviously exorbitantpr:ice of three hunclred eiglrty pesos (Php 380.00) per piece rvhichis very ^..." anrl suspiciorrs r:onsidering the arnountArrrl nrro?Is very critical and suspicious considering that the amounttranslates to six hunclred eighty nine million se\ien hundredthousand pesos (Php 689,700,000.00)Sir I thinl< that tlreWalfl rrgnng relelerrce sahi rrr,.,lle did not mac'le his inclependent. ...lVala nga eh, Chair lny recolrltnenclation one, is to clirect the Bidsancl Arvards Committee to explain, justify the reasonableness ofthe contract price per ballot of 380 pesos per ballot secrecy folderin turu the Comrnissiou rvill also conduct a canvass of thepossible piice for the project rvhether they ftriled to negotiateresponsible need fur the Commission and then in the event theComrnission is not conr,incerJ b1'the justification,It is not so much the arlount, I think the arnount for the folcler isnot exorbitant, it's not overpriced, it is not so much as they saylvhy are you getting a \/el'y experrsive secrecy folcler when you canuse a rnuch a.rro ngalanIyung designCheaper ano it's not the, ang sinorubi nila ang point diyan sa akinano bakit mo gagamitining magandang maganda, why buy aCladillac wherr you cal] use a Forcl ayan ang ano, that's it, it's nottliat the Cadillac is overpriced. diba,

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Clhainnan MeloComm. l-arrazahalClhairman Melo

C'ourrn. Ferrer(lornnr. VelascoChairrran l\4elo

Clonrrn. Sannienl.o

Chairllan N4elo

llxec. l)ir. 'l olentino. .lr

(.onun. Yust'rplr('otttttt. Sarrni err tof'hailrnarr h{elo('orrrrn. Sannierrto

('0tttrtr, f:.'rtel'('(lnilll. Sartrrienlo

('ornrrr" 'T'agleCotltn. Irerrer

()oT'he reasorr is it is cxorbitant langoo, the point here as I am sdying is that, there rvas a clecision,yor"r get this l

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Comrn. \-usoplr

(lornln. Sarrnientt'rChainnan N4eloExec, Dir. T'olerrtino" Jr.Chairrnan lr4eloExec. Dir. Tolentino, Jr.

Comm. SaulientoExec. Dir. Tolentino, Jr.Cornm. SarmientoExec. Dir. Tolentino. Jr"

Chairrnan MeloIlxec. Dir.'folentino, Jr.

Clourrn. SannientoExec. l)ir. Tolentino, Jr.Clomrn. Sarrniento

Exec. Dir. '[olentirro. .lr.Cotnrrr" Fen-erChair-rrrarr lr4eloCornm. Sannientcr

is exorhitant, u'e are just pur-chasing sornething which is for aqualityLesser qurlitrJ. T. sr.rburittercl a sarnple of the folder manufactured by the ano,l(aninong decision ito?Sir di kasi maka deliver r,vithoLrt the purchase order eh,Wala papala narnarlg na di-deliverIyrrn na larig talaga ang hinihintay, I think the stocks is already atthe customs'/Dumating naKasi rnay ttoticc of atlarcl rta eh.Tlrat's correctAng requirenrent leurg ng COA is before yor-r cleliver you need aP.O.Ito ba na auclit na iyatr?Sir ano Sir ang kulang na lang d'yan is the P.O. paara i-delivernila kasi hung hindi,P.O. na lang ang kr-rlang. kontrata tapus naYes SirTapos na palir. notice of arr.arcl rtray colrtract rra. P.O. na lang anghinihintayYes Sir parr rna-clelir er rrr iyarrNo legal lrasis lo carrcel llrc conlrlctSo yor"r prepare a rnelnorandum siguroI lvould suggest because the Larv Department, mayrecouunenclation ua sila eh, just for sure they are recomrnendingfor the cancellation of tl-re contract, ask the Lau' Department to

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('ornnr. Fel rerChairnrarr l\,ls:lt''Corlrn" Ireu'er(lhainrrarr N{elo

('nrrnIr. fiat ttrietrlrt(.lhair rnan Nf elo

Atty. l-)elr Cnrz

Cltainnnrr N,lelo

l-'ornrn. 1'agle(lhairrnarr lv{eloCotr-rrrr. Sarnr i errtoCltainnarr Melo

Attg ano natirt^ is otrkailatrgarr silaXXX

justify r,vlry they are reconlnrencling cancellation of the contractT'n1tos srrrrlrsakay l;rrrg si Lau. Depurtnrerrt l

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dito parang pinalalabas nilang,Cornm. Ferrer Niyayari tayoClhairuran Melo Yah, r.r'e are cloing sotnething bLrt they r,vere there r,vala silang

sinasabiClornm. Sanniento ltr tact precipitatiug Chair iyung Ietter niyaChairuran Melo Oh, oh, tapos eto narnall si ano('ornrn. Irerrer Srnnakay si auo RafananChainnan Melo All tltese lettels all these comrnunications carne in after the awarclrvas already bid, oh, di baClornrn. Sarmiento l\4nlaki ito Cllrair six hundred Jignty lOAO;Chainnan Melo Alright, alrightConun. 'I'agle Ma.qyadong nralaki(lotrrrn. Sartnierrto Anorr'g gagan,in natiri ChairClraiunan Melcr Alter that rvhat do you propose nor,v?Cournr. S:rlrrierrto We re-negotiate sa srrpplier, re-negotiate na langL'orrrnr. 'l'agle I{e-negotiate na langcorrnn. Saruriento Re-negotiate kasiClornrn. I'agle Di bali pu,ede pa narlan iyancornrn. Sarrniento I''"ausipain din iyung nno. ka.qi ang letter niva['hailrrran h4elr', Anr-rng letler ito?Cornrn. Sanniento l-irrstili niya i1,ung six hrrrrclred eightv nine (689) pero(,'otnrrt. Iiet't'et Pero it's kr.van ano. tarna iyung analogy ni ChainnanClonun. Srrniento Napakalaki ehChainnan IVIelo ....cii ba pag gagamitin ninyo it's not walang magagawa

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Colrlrn. \/ellsc.C'onun. 'f lgleCourrn. VelascoChainlan h4elollorurn. SannientoChainnarr It4eloAtty. l)ela Crr-rzCornrn. \ielascoAtty. Dela Crr.rzChairrnan Melo

Clotnln. Sarmieutr.rChainlan Melo

Clornrn. F-erretf'onun.'I'agle(-'ornrn. Sarnriento

C'lrainrrnrr N'[el,rCornrl. l,arrazabal

\,Valang nag arlvise sa atin na ano elr na ganoon ehI)i narnan natirr alarn nfl ganoong kalaki, eh carclboarcl lang ehDi ko rin alam na gnnoon kalaki eh. naghigay sila ng sample,Nakita natin ipinakitallincli pr C'lrairPirrakita clito. rnatigas na arloC'hair siguro kr"urg the other u'av alourrcl, rnuch lightelMasyatlottg rrrahll'T'lrinner bal

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C'hairmarr Melo lyun ttga, precisely nga iyon ang analogy natin you shor-rld nothave to assert that expensive na foklerflornrn. l'agle l.lagkamali nga tayo cloorr('onrm. Fen'er N{uch cheaper lirlcler

.h"rdgarent faultCorrru-r. Salrniento Ask for a re-tregotiatiotrComrn. T agle Pr,vede pa iyarr. liincli babaar] ang qrralityC'r'rnur. Yusoph i-re-negotiate(,'hainnan \4elo Atrg artohin ttivnn. ibalik sa BAC to reconsicler ang ating sitle

ny31r" but not ....Comrrr.'fngle ArvardingChairrnan Melo You u,ill lay clor,"'tt the basis ....Clornrn. \/elasco Sabi ni Dir.'I'olentino, garva na raw eh. bakit inawarcl na eh rvala

pa tayong di-na-don rtClomm.'l'agle Ah gan'a naChainnan Melo Mav arvarcl uaDepencle ngflyorl sa rnanufacturer sasabihin niya I can dothis......pero otheru'ise all our actions r,vill be second guess by

Ra lanarrComrn. Lnrraqzabal We can Clhair rve lolver tlie nunrber of iterns r,ve'll get instead ofgetting a lot of folders lve call lessen the numberL-hainnan Melo lyon. iyon(lomrn. Larrazabal Pwede po, we get lesserComrn. Yusoph t{alf of it lesser cp-rality irrerJuce ang qualityChairrnari Melo l-reduce, babarvasau datv ttatin arrg atitrg ano of one hunclred

somethingClornm. T'agle Poor qualit)/ t1a latlg

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Comm. Velasco Poor qr-rality na lang rnasyadong nrahal iyon ehExec. Dir. T'olentino, .lr. Ang alam l

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(lltairmarr N4elcrl\tt,v. A l:rrkonCltait tnarr N4elo(.,'hai t nt atr l\ I r,-lrrAltrr. Alar-l

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Atty. Alarkon

Chair"rnan N{elo

Atty. AlarkorrConrrn. \.usrlplrA.tty. Alatknrt

Clhairrnan l\4elo('lornrn. SarrnientoAtty. Alarl

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Attv. Alarkon And the process orcler rvay back .Ianuan, l9 pa poChainnan Melo Kanya i-emphasize mo sa report mo hincli tayo, 'oy ito kaibiganko ito itong design niya no it lvas clone by staffkork, nag

canvass sila r.vhats the best ano ngalan, u'hat's tlre best design dibaC'ornm. Fen'er May specs that .....and in cotnparisor-r of pricesC'lrainnan N4elo You digest that and then. ......ok,Exec. Dir'. 'I'olentino, Jr. lnfo lang Sir, ntanufactr"rring has been cotnpk:ted, shipment na

langComm. Latrazabal Manrrfacturing of the rar.v material?Fxec. Dir. 'l'olentino. .lr. Shiprnerit tta lattg ang kLrlangCo1un. I arrazabal Sorry, question on tr,vo things, frrst is the manufacturing of theitern itself or the ra'nv lnaterialsExec. Dir". -l'olentino, Jr. Of the itern(lonrm. L,arrazahal Itern itself, if 1,ou rescincl tlre cotttract, if you rescincl it, it will betheir cost lang di ba so it is still lor,ver even if we buy everything

it rvill be lorver because it lvill be at their cost, tama ba iyonAtlr'. Alark,,rr I rttna natrtnn Sit'Clhairrnern Melo Ano?C'onun. T.nrazabal Chair ito ha, if vve rescittd it. the statement you said4111,. {l21lao11 'flre ltnard('olullr" Larrazalral l'he arvard rrrd tltev have to be paid onlyAttv Alarkon A.ctual costCorum. [-arrazabal Actr.ral cost which is actually lower becauseCornln. Fener If the decision is based on law . . . . . .if it is not based on larvChainnarr Melo May clarnages pa..

/G)Ir{rtt-

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Cornln. SarrnientoCotnm. Femer

C'hairrnarr MeloComm. SarmientoChairrnan MeloClornm. TagleCornm. VelascoChainnan Melo

Comm. Lan'azabal

Comm.'l'agleCornm. SannientoCliairrnan MeloComrn. I-arrazabalClornm. FerrerC'hainnan Melo

I(ung unl arvful pr,vedel)ecision iyan eh we will charged u,ith damages, breach ofcontractRaka pag na recluce i)'an baka.Mag reduce suvaMag recluce siya rrg kontiMag rcclrrce nfllnanMnsyarkrrrg rnalakiFero datpat ipakita natin dito that lve rvere all.... the time, theser,vere all staff work di tayo ang naglagay niyan, there r,vas a tearnr,vhich looked at the design and they said ancl they have itapproved by us etc., etc.,Just a quick suggestion lang because this is a re-negotiation tothem baka there might be in Comelec rnagsasabi na 'oy, maynakita kami na lnefilo na dapat rra overprice satri na baka, titrahinnalnan,Malngal na iynrr chMerno, lumabas na, rnarami ng nakakaalarrrWala namang overprice doon silaNo. rro. I rlearr erorbitarrt, l'nr sorryEror [litantKanya ilagay lno sa iyung menrorandum, folders are the samedesign pero hete is, alin ano ito ho',r' ahout the printing

xxx XXX XXXVirginia L. Robles

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