The Commission on Elections (Comelec) will expand its probe of election irregularities to include allegations of rigged bidding, price jacking and tax fraud that the US Department of Justice unearthed in connection with the bribery and money laundering charges against ex-Chair Andres Bautista and officials of the poll body’s former automation service provider Smartmatic. Speaking at a media forum in Manila on Wednesday, Comelec Chair George Erwin Garcia said the 11-member body that he created last year to investigate the 2016 automation service procurement would include the indictment findings in its investigation, which is expected to wrap up next week. […]…
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