Presumptive House speaker and Davao del Norte congressman-elect Pantaleon Alvarez yesterday warned the Commission on Elections (Comelec) that it might end up a “damaged” institution after it decided to extend the deadline in the filing of statement of contributions and expenditures (SOCE) as well as for supposedly blocking the people’s right to question its en banc ruling before the Supreme Court (SC). He chided the Comelec for purportedly serving the interest of a “powerful” party of the outgoing administration. BETTER LATE THAN NEVER? – A dog sniffs at 50 boxes containing the documents that accompanied the Schedule of Contributions and Expenses (SOCE) submitted by defeated Liberal Party presidential candidate Mar Roxas at the Commission on Elections head office in Intramuros, Manila, Wednesday. (Jansen Romero) “The Comelec should have been the first to uphold the SOCE provision of Republic Act No. 7166, which states that all candidates, winners or losers, must [...]
