An election lawyer, who was once part of the Comelec as chief of staff of the late poll chief Sixto Brillantes Jr., says all these allegations all boil down to one thing: was there dagdag-bawas?
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(PNA photo by Avito Dalan) MANILA - The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is planning to build environment-friendly buildings that will house its main office. Comelec Administrative Services Department director Julius Thaddeus Hernan said the structures will be erected on 20,160 square meters of land located at the Central Business Park 1 Island A in Pasay City, right across the Baclaran Church. The lot was purchased during the time of former chairperson Sixto Brillantes Jr. "The plan is to build three big structures, the centermost part will be the main building which will house the chairman, commissioners offices, session hall, among others. The left building will be the multi-story parking and storage spaces. The buildings have nine stories," he said at the press briefing during the ocular inspection of the property led by Comelec chairperson George Erwin Garcia on Monday. "The other building will house the Comelec Academy, there will be dormitories for field officers
Newly-installed Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia stated on Thursday, August 4 that his appointment to head the poll body came as a surprise to him.
Comelec Chairman George Garcia (Ali Vicoy/MB)
In a television interview on CNN, Garcia mentioned that he didn't expe