The Fee on Elections (Comelec) will develop its probe of election irregularities to incorporate allegations of rigged bidding, value jacking and tax fraud that the US Division of Justice unearthed in reference to the bribery and cash laundering costs in opposition to ex-Chair Andres Bautista and officers of the ballot physique’s former automation service supplier Smartmatic. Talking at a media discussion board in Manila on Wednesday, Comelec Chair George Erwin Garcia stated the 11-member physique that he created final yr to research the 2016 automation service procurement would come with the indictment findings in its investigation, which is anticipated to wrap up subsequent week. […]…
Carry on studying: Comelec chair bares extra fraud claims