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The Commission on Elections should have referred the case involving Sen. Rodante Marcoleta’s statement of contributions and expenditures to the National Bureau of Investigation and the Office of the Ombudsman, House senior deputy minority leader and ML party-list Rep. Leila de Lima said yesterday.

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The Commission on Elections admits it cannot punish Sen. Rodante Marcoleta for hiding P75 million in campaign donations from his sworn election filings, even though its own investigation found he violated disclosure rules and the lawmaker had openly admitted to doing so on television.

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The Commission on Elections has terminated its motu proprio investigation into Sen. Rodante Marcoleta’s alleged undisclosed campaign contributions, saying there was no other evidence to establish that he committed an election offense.

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The Commission on Elections is expected to release on Wednesday its decision on issues surrounding the statement of contributions and expenditures filed by Sen. Rodante Marcoleta, according to Comelec Chairman George Garcia.

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Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo Lacson said he has “unvalidated” information the Commission on Elections is being pressured not to sign its draft resolution on issues hounding Sen. Rodante Marcoleta’s Statement of Contributions and Expenditures.

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The Commission on Elections  yesterday said that a complaint referred by the Office of the Ombudsman has caused a “slight complication” in the poll body’s handling of issues involving Sen. Rodante Marcoleta’s Statement of Contributions and Expenditures.

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After receiving the written explanations of 26 government contractors, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) will compel Sen. Rodante Marcoleta to explain his non-disclosure of campaign donations.

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Maraming kandidato sa nakaraang May 12 elections ang hindi nagsumite ng statement of contributions and expenditures.

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The filing of statements of contributions and expenditures  before the Commission on Elections ended yesterday, still with many candidates, party-list groups and political parties unable to comply with the Comelec requirement.

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With only ten days remaining before the June 11 deadline, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Cebu Province reported that only a few of the more than 1,200 candidates have submitted their Statement of Contributions and Expenditures.

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The Commission on Elections should have referred the case involving Sen. Rodante Marcoleta’s statement of contributions and expenditures to the National Bureau of Investigation and the Office of the Ombudsman, House senior deputy minority leader and ML party-list Rep. Leila de Lima said yesterday.

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The Commission on Elections admits it cannot punish Sen. Rodante Marcoleta for hiding P75 million in campaign donations from his sworn election filings, even though its own investigation found he violated disclosure rules and the lawmaker had openly admitted to doing so on television.

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The Commission on Elections has terminated its motu proprio investigation into Sen. Rodante Marcoleta’s alleged undisclosed campaign contributions, saying there was no other evidence to establish that he committed an election offense.

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The Commission on Elections is expected to release on Wednesday its decision on issues surrounding the statement of contributions and expenditures filed by Sen. Rodante Marcoleta, according to Comelec Chairman George Garcia.

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Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo Lacson said he has “unvalidated” information the Commission on Elections is being pressured not to sign its draft resolution on issues hounding Sen. Rodante Marcoleta’s Statement of Contributions and Expenditures.

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The Commission on Elections  yesterday said that a complaint referred by the Office of the Ombudsman has caused a “slight complication” in the poll body’s handling of issues involving Sen. Rodante Marcoleta’s Statement of Contributions and Expenditures.

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After receiving the written explanations of 26 government contractors, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) will compel Sen. Rodante Marcoleta to explain his non-disclosure of campaign donations.

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Maraming kandidato sa nakaraang May 12 elections ang hindi nagsumite ng statement of contributions and expenditures.

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