The public issue, from the TIM viewpoint, is exactly similar to that seen from Smartmatic’s vantage: election fraud. As the lead paragraph in the Philippine Daily Inquirer story read: “Local information technology provider Total Information Management Corp. (TIM) had backed out of a joint venture for election automation, fearing the deal gave its foreign partner unbridled power that could lead to potential abuse, according to an industry source close to TIM.”
Totaled - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos