The impeachment proceedings against Commission on Elections (Comelec) chairman Andres Bautista may have yet to start, but lawmakers are setting their sights on impeaching another official: Chief Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno.
The House of Representatives will only tackle the impeachment complaint against Commission on Elections (Comelec) chair Andres Bautista after it has approved the P3.767-trillion national budget for 2018.
Six commissioners of the Commission on Elections have urged chief Andres Bautista to resign or take a leave of absence amid the looming impeachment proceedings that will be initiated against him.
Commission on Elections (Comelec) chairperson Andres Bautista on Thursday claimed he is ready to face the impeachment complaint filed against him.
Commission on Elections commissioner Rowena Guanzon has urged the poll body’s chair, Andres Bautista, to go on leave amid the much publicized marital dispute with his wife.
The House of Representatives’ appropriations committee on Wednesday deferred its consideration on the proposed P16-billion budget of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for 2018 after Comelec chairperson Andres Bautista failed to show up at the hearing.
The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) is not above the law, Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Wednesday said as he reminded the agency that the power to look into alleged secret and suspicious bank accounts is lodged in the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC), with the authority of the courts.
Having numerous bank deposit will no automatically trigger red flags from the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) as in the case of Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chair Andres Bautista reportedly has 35 accounts in the Luzon Development Bank (LDB), a bank owned by the family of Bautista’s best friend, former Transportation Undersecretary Timmy Limcaoco.
Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II could be treading on dangerous grounds when he ordered the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to probe alleged undisclosed bank accounts of Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chair Andres Bautista, Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Wednesday said.
Comapnies sequestered and surrendered under the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) have maintained accounts with the Luzon Development Bank (LDB) at the time when the agency was still chairmanship of Andres Bautista, now Commission on Elections (Comelec) chair.
