A clear majority of Politiko fans want Commission on Elections (Comelec) chairman Andres Bautista to resign amid the allegation of his wife that he amassed unexplained wealth amounting to nearly P1 billion.
Former Ateneo School of Government dean Tony La Viña believes the public spectacle that is the domestic dispute involving Commission on Elections (Comelec) chairman Andres Bautista and his wife, Patricia, has dragged on far too long enough.
The lawyers of Patricia Paz Bautista, wife of Commission on Elections (Comelec) chairman Andres Bautista, were grinning from ear to ear when they met with President Rodrigo Duterte on July 26 in Malacañang.
President Rodrigo Duterte admitted that shocking revelations made by the wife of Commission on Election Chair Andy Bautista on his illegal wealth of more than P1 billion and alleged payoffs from Smartmatic’s lawyer would definitely impinge on the credibility of the 2016 elections results, including his own victory.
President Rodrigo Duterte claimed that he told Commission on Elections Chair Andy Bautista and his wife, Tisha, not to drag him into their unraveling scandal which could have dire implications on the results of the country’s elections.
President Rodrigo Duterte was surprised to learn that Commission on Elections (Comelec) chairman Andres Bautista might have amassed close to P1 billion in unexplained wealth when he met with his wife in Malacañang last July.
Commission on Elections chairman Andres Bautista brought neither bad news nor asked for a favor when he met with President Rodrigo Duterte in Malacañang recently.
Commission on Elections chief Andres Bautista has downplayed the gravity of the security breach on the Commission on Elections (Comelec) website in March 2016 despite the National Privacy Commission’s recommendation for the filing of charges against him in connection with the data hack.
Former Senator Bongbong Marcos questioned the move of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) to “strip” the Vote Counting Machines (VCM) and the Consolidation and Canvassing System (CCS) laptop units used in the last elections despite the protection order issued by the Presidential Electoral Tribunal to preserve all election paraphernalia.
The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) will not extend the July 30 deadline of the voters’ registration period for the 2016 Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) and barangay elections, Commissioner Andres Bautista said in a press statement Wednesday (July 27).
