Commission on Elections (Comelec) chair Sixto Brillantes Jr. on Friday defended the appointment of lawyer Al A. Parreño as election commissioner after it was suggested that he did not meet a constitutional requirement for the post.
Isabela Governor Faustino Dy III has filed a motion before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) Wednesday asking Commissioner Grace Padaca to inhibit from his election protest case because she has “personal interest” in it.
Election Commissioner Grace Padaca on Tuesday denied reports that she blocked the appointment of lawyer Ma. Bernadette Sardillo to the Commission on Elections.
Commission on Elections Commissioner Grace Padaca cannot invoke immunity from being tried on the graft and malversation charges filed against her until she is confirmed by the Commission on Appointments, according to state prosecutors.
The Office of the Ombudsman is pressing for the prosecution of Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Ma. Gracia Cielo Padaca for alleged graft and malversation when she was Isabela governor, and is opposing Padaca’s motion invoking her immunity from suit.
The Sandiganbayan, in a display of charitableness, granted Tuesday the petitions separately brought before it by three prominent accused, including former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
The Sandiganbayan 5th Division on Tuesday granted the request of Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Grace Padaca to go to the US to participate in an International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) program about the US elections.
The Sandiganbayan 5th Division on Tuesday granted the request of Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Grace Padaca to go to the US
to participate in an International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) program about the US elections.
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Commissioner Grace Padaca on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to allegations of graft and malversation before the Sandiganbayan.
Senate President Pro Tempore Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada on Sunday said neither he nor the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) coalition would unnecessarily block the confirmation of Grace Padaca as election commissioner and Heidi Mendoza as deputy audit commissioner when they come up before the Commission on Appointments (CA).
Newly minted Commission on Elections Commissioner Grace Padaca is being urged to stay out of the ongoing purge of party-list groups, which has become divisive.
New election commissioner Grace Padaca’s arraignment on graft and malversation charges has been reset to November 29 by the Sandiganbayan Fifth Division.
New Election Commissioner Grace Padaca on Tuesday sought the postponement of her arraignment in the Sandiganbayan on the graft and malversation charges filed against her when she was governor of Isabela.
