Tag: COMELEC chair

Palace: Saidamen Pangarungan appointed ad interim Comelec chair

(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed Saidamen Balt Pangarungan as ad interim chair  of the Commission on Elections. This is according to Martin Andanar, who made the announcement on Tuesday, March 8, in his first press conference as newly-designated acting Palace spokesperson. According to Andanar, the President also signed the appointment of George Erwin Garcia and Aimee Torrefranca-Neri as ad interim Comelec commissioners. “The directive of the President is to ensure an honest, […]

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Palace condoles with kin of former Comelec chair Brillantes

(Eagle News)–The Palace condoled with the family of former Commission on Elections chair Sixto Brillantes Jr., who passed away on Tuesday, Aug. 11. “..And of course he served the nation well when he was chairman of the Comelec,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said. Brillantes’ death came after he tested positive for COVID-19. The Comelec said he passed away past 11 a.m. today, but did not give a cause of death. Brillantes, a long-time election lawyer, […]

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Senate looking at end of November as start of impeachment trial of COMELEC chair Bautista

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 […]

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