🚨 MIRU SYSTEMS: A GLOBAL ELECTION-TECHNOLOGY COMPANY FACING SERIOUS QUESTIONS OVER ITS TRACK RECORD
South Korean election-technology company Miru Systems, founded in 1999, has supplied or deployed election technology across a number of countries, including South Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Ecuador, Russia, Iraq, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the Philippines, Fiji, El Salvador and Guinea-Conakry. Miru itself lists these countries among its international election projects, while its current corporate history also identifies major projects in Iraq, DRC, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and the Philippines.
But its international record has attracted significant scrutiny.
🇨🇩 DRC: Miru's election technology became the subject of major concerns over reliability, security and ballot secrecy during the 2018 electoral process. A former Congolese prime minister also filed a complaint against Miru with the Korean National Contact Point under the OECD Guidelines.
🇮🇶 IRAQ: Miru secured a major contract to supply electronic vote-counting equipment for Iraq's elections, with the deal reportedly worth about US$100 million. The country's subsequent electoral process faced serious disputes over vote-counting technology and results.
🇵🇭 PHILIPPINES: Miru won an almost ₱18 billion contract to supply an automated election system for the 2025 elections, including approximately 110,000 automated counting machines. The contract attracted scrutiny from election watchdogs because of Miru's previous international record.
🇿🇲 ZAMBIA: Miru has also been involved in the country's voter-registration technology procurement ahead of the 2026 elections. Transparency International Zambia raised serious concerns about the procurement process and cited Miru's controversial record in previous elections.
🇦🇷 ARGENTINA: Miru technology was also associated with proposed electronic voting systems for Argentina, while reporting at the time raised questions about the procurement and subsequent use of the technology.
The broader international footprint includes Kyrgyzstan, Ecuador, Russia, Fiji, El Salvador and Guinea-Conakry, according to Miru's own company history and corporate materials.
⚠️ Important: These controversies do not by themselves prove that Miru Systems rigged elections. However, the documented disputes, technical concerns, procurement controversies and scrutiny surrounding some of its deployments raise legitimate questions about transparency, cybersecurity, independent auditing, source-code access, procurement integrity and safeguards against manipulation.
The question every country using election technology should be asking is simple:
Who independently audits the system?
Who can verify the source code?
Who controls the technology?
And what happens when the system fails?
🗳️ Election technology should never be trusted blindly. It must be independently tested, auditable and verifiable.
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