Comelec chair Bautista nabigong makalusot sa CA

NABIGO si Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Andres Bautista at isa pang opisyal ng poll body na makalusot sa makapangyarihang Commission on Appointments (CA) kahapon kaugnay ng umano’y nawawalang mga resulta na kinapapalooban ng 12 milyong boto noong 2013.

Ito’y matapos hilingin ni Senate Minority Leader Juan Ponce Enrile na ipagpaliban muna ang kumpirmasyon ni Bautista at ni Commissioner Sheriff Abas matapos naman ang pagdinig ng CA committee on constitutional commissions.

Tinanong ni Enrile si Bautista kung pamilyar siya sa sulat ni Henrietta de Villa, national chairperson ng Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting, kaugnay naman ng resulta ng eleksyon mula sa 18,486 presinto sa bansa noong 2013 elections.

“Because this involves the fate of 18,486 precincts in the country during that election, representing about 12 million votes which still have no any electronic or manual count of votes all over the country and all over the world including the overseas of the countries so I’d like to know if Comelec did any disposition of this report. And why it was not published to the public at that time,” sabi ni Enrile kay Bautista.

Idinagdag ni Enrile na base sa kanyang impormasyon, meron umanong ratio na 60-30 at 10 sa naturang election.

“There has never been any public discussion of this in the media, there has never been any revelation of this secret to the press and since we’re going to use the same Smartmatic program and machine in the upcoming election, we have the right, the people have the right to know what happened to [these] 18,486 precincts…?” dagdag ni Enrile.

Nangako pa si Enrile na hindi makakalusot si Bautista sa CA kapag nabigong magbigay ng ulat kaugnay ng isyu.

“If you can’t produce that information to us and I’ll tell you now, you will not be confirmed here,” sabi pa ni Enrile.