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MANILA - The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) is calling for the reactivation of the Task Force Kontra Bigay (TFKB) which aims to address reports of vote-buying. In a Laging Handa briefing Monday, DILG undersecretary and spokesperson Jonathan Malaya said vote buying during the election season is one of the biggest blows in Philippine democracy. Malaya said the Task Force Kontra Bigay was first activated during the 2019 midterm elections but implemented only at the provincial level. For the 2022 national and local elections, the department is proposing the task force's...

Justice Secretary Menardo I. Guevarra (2) Agents of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) nationwide have been directed to attend political rallies and campaign sorties of national and local candidates and to arrest persons caught in the act of vote buying and other election offenses. Duri

National Bureau of Investigation agents will be blending with the crowd in campaign rallies to apprehend those caught in the act of vote buying, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said in yesterday’s Laging Handa virtual forum.