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(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has accepted the resignation of Commission on Elections (COMELEC) chairman Andres Bautista, but said that his resignation will be effective immediately, and not by year-end as what had been written by Bautista in his earlier resignation letter. The letter from Malacanang dated October 23 read: “We refer to your letter tendering your resignation as Chairman of the Commission on Elections. Upon the instruction of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, […]
https://youtu.be/a_js7N-SouQ (Eagle News) – The Senate is eyeing the last week of November as the start of the impeachment trial of Commission on Elections (COMELEC) Chair Andres Bautista. Senate President Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III said that they would still have to prepare a lot of things for the impeachment trial such as drafting the rules, hiring additional staff members, and getting a trial practitioner as consultant for the senators. He said they would also […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) — Hours after the House of Representatives voted to impeach Commission on Elections Chairman Andres Bautista on Wednesday (October 11), Kabayan Party-List Representative Harry Roque submitted the draft of the articles of impeachment against the beleaguered poll chief. The articles of impeachment submitted by Roque were to support the impeachment complaint for graft and corruption, betrayal of public trust and culpable violation of the Constitution against Bautista. The six-page documents […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar said that Malacañang will respect the decision of Commission on Elections (COMELEC) Chairman Andres Bautista to resign from his post, effective December 31, 2017. “We respect the decision of Chairman Andy Bautista. We wish him well,” Presidential Communications secretary Martin Andanar said in a statement. Effective the end of the year, Bautista will be stepping down from his position. In his social media accounts, […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chair Andres Bautista on Wednesday welcomed the dismissal of the impeachment complaint filed against him. In a statement, Bautista thanked the House justice committee that ruled on the complaint and the House leadership for their “objectivity and fairness” when they junked the complaint filed against him by lawyers Ferdinand Topacio, Manuelita Luna, and former Rep. Jacinto Paras, for insufficiency in form. The complaint stemmed from […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The House of Representatives committee on justice has slated the first hearing on the impeachment complaint filed against Commission on Election Chairman Andres Bautista to next Tuesday, September 19. This is according to Oriental Mindoro Representative Reynaldo Umali, chair of the committee. The complaint filed against Bautista cites betrayal of public trust and culpable violation of the Constitution as bases for the impeachment. These were based Patricia Bautista’s allegations […]
QUEZON City, Philippines (Eagle News) — The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) formed a special team to investigate the tax liabilities of Commission of Elections (Comelec) Chairman Andres Bautista and his close relatives in connection with his alleged undeclared wealth. BIR Commissioner Caesar Dulay issued Revenue Special Order 706 – 2017, which appointed as coordinator of the investigating panel Regional Director Glenn Geraldino of Revenue Region VIII Makati City. He will be assisted by several […]
(Eagle News) — Unanimous ang naging botohan ng Commssion on Elections (Comelec) en banc na ipagpaliban muna ang hiling ng kampo ni vice presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr., na system audit sa mga server na ginamit sa katatapos na eleksyon. Ayon kay Comelec Chairman Andres Bautista, may mga punto silang tinalakay sa en banc kung bakit dapat isantabi muna ang nasabing kahilingan. Una, binigyan ng sapat na panahon ang bawat partido na makita ang […]
(Eagle News) — Pinagbigyan ng Korte Suprema ang hiling na oral argument ng Comission on Election o Comelec patungkol sa pag-iisyu ng voter’s receipt sa May 9 elections. Bagaman hindi pa tinukoy ng Supreme Court kung ano ang tatalakayin sa oral argument, nilinaw naman ng Korte na limitado ang mga isyung pag-uusapan. “It’s an oral argument, as I said, on very limited issues,” pahayag ni Atty. Theodore Te, Spokesperson ng SC. Nagpasalamat naman ang Comelec […]
MAY 4 (Eagle News) — Malacanang on Monday announced the appointment of Atty. J. Andres D. Bautista as the new chairman of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) who said that he would ensure that the country would have clean and peaceful elections next year. In a statement, Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte said the appointment papers of Bautista and two others were signed by President Benigno S. Aquino III on April 28. Bautista, who chairs […]
