Comelec to form task force against vote buying

FILE PHOTO: Comelec Commissioner George Garcia. INQUIRER FILES

MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will form a task force to investigate reports of vote-buying, Commissioner George Garcia said Wednesday.

“Bubuo ang komisyon ng task force para sa lahat ng ganyang complaints, reports, and whatever. Magkakaroon tayo ng task force para mas mabilis ang kilos sa atin,” the Comelec official said in a press briefing at a hotel in Manila.

(The Commission will create a task force for all complaints, reports, and whatever. We will create a task force to hasten our action.)

Details are still thin, but Garcia said the task force will be composed of the Comelec, Philippine National Police, and Department of Justice.

The creation of a task force came in light of reports that politicians give away or distribute cash during campaign activities.

In 2019,  Comelec had created a similar task force against vote-buying.

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