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The House Committee on Suffrage and Electoral Reforms on Tuesday voted to postpone the December 5, 2022 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE) to December 4, 2023. At least 12 members of the committee approved the motions made by Dasmariñas Rep. Elpidio Barzaga Jr. In his motions, Barzaga also moved the…
Comelec acting spokesperson John Rex Laudiangco (File photo) MANILA - The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Wednesday expressed its support for the measure seeking to declare vote-buying as a heinous crime. "The Comelec, through Chairman George Erwin M. Garcia, fully supports the passage of HB (House Bill) No. 1709 entitled "An Act Defining and Declaring Vote-Buying as a Heinous Crime", authored and filed by Malasakit at Bayanihan Rep. Anthony Golez, Jr.," said Comelec acting spokesperson John Rex Laudiangco in a statement. Once the bill is approved, the penalty for such...
Rep. Anthony Golez Jr. (Malasakit at Bayanihan Party-list) filed House Bill No. 1709 or the “Vote-Buying is a Heinous Crime Act” that punishes political parties, organizations, and other agents for giving and offering money “or anything of value,” including employment, in exchange fo a vote.
Through electoral reforms, Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia vowed to remove the distrust that the public has on the poll body. Comelec Chairman George Garcia (Ali Vicoy/MB) In an interview on ANC's Dateline Philippines, Garcia said that the poll body was able to d
Members of the Makabayan bloc are among the party-lists accused by administration allies of being linked to the armed communist movement, though the bloc's members have repeatedly denied this.