Former Comelec chairperson Saidamen Pangarungan (File photo) MANILA - A group supporting President-elect Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. and Vice President-elect Sara Duterte called on Marcos to reappoint Saidamen Pangarungan as chair of the Commission on Elections (Comelec). In a two-page letter dated June 16 and made public Friday, the officers and members of the BBM SARA UniTeam Coalition believed that Pangarungan is the right person for the job. "We believe that the ideals of Unity will be best achieved with him at the helm of the Comelec. Chairman Pangarungan was appointed by President (Rodrigo) Duterte in the middle of the election period. His appointment became a rather fresh breath of air in a commission that has been negatively perceived because of the lack of transparency and seeming aloofness of the members of the Commission to answer questions coming from the public," said the group, headed by Albert dela Cruz. The group noted that Pangarungan's back
The Comelec Employees’ Union, with a 5,000-membership of rank-and-file employees, in a statement dated May 18 is endorsing Pangarungan to the congressional Commission on Appointments after Pangarungan was able to “effectively ‘rally the troops’” for the recently concluded polls despite the pandemic.
For its performance in the conduct of the recent national and local elections, Commission on Elections Commissioner George Garcia has given the poll body a grade of 8.5 out of a perfect 10.
Expect a decision from the Commission on Elections (Comelec) en Banc on the pending cases of presidential candidate Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr before the end of April.
Comelec/MB "The Chairman (Saidamen Pangarungan) is committing number one before the end of April a decision by the en banc w
It's been weeks since the Commission on Elections (Comelec) was hounded by several criticisms amid issues on data breach and its decision to push through with printing albeit the absence of observers, yet on Thursday, March 24, the poll body took a different approach by allowing representatives to c