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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, December 13) Was Senator Imee Marcos behind the move to waive poll safeguards in the 2021 General Appropriations Bill? For vice presidential spokesperson Barry Gutierrez, it would be ironic for the Senate electoral reforms chair to do so, if such claims were true.
On Sunday s episode of the radio show Biserbisyong Leni, Gutierrez referred to an Inquirer report which named Marcos as the one who inserted a provision authorizing the Commission on Elections to disregard requirements and safeguards provided under Section 12 of the Automated Election Law. The report cited various sources from the House of Representatives and Senate who tagged the lawmaker.