Andy Bautista effective immediately a resignation
The Malacañang, has informed Commission on Elections chairman Andres Bautista that President Rodrigo Duterte has accepted his resignation, the election official announced on Monday afternoon 10/23/2017.
Instead of being effective December 31 as he indicated in his resignation letter, Bautista said he was told that his resignation would be effective immediately.
"We refer to your letter tendering your resignation as Chairman of the Commission on Elections. Upon the instruction of President Rodrigo Duterte, I wish to inform you that your resignation is hereby accepted, effective immediately," read by Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea's letter.
" Here's stated on the letter (in writing) is effective immediately." Whatever the decision of our President i will be gratefully appreciated. It's also good to give me enough time to replace me, and to get ready, "Bautista said." I will be the man of the Comelec. You know people ask me do I have any regrets, because it's almost two and a half years in Comelec and if ever I have any regrets, it would be because of the people, "he added.
On October 11, the House of Representative voted to impeach Bautista, hours after he announced his resignation that was supposed to be effective by year-end.
It was former Negros Oriental Representative Jacinto Paras and lawyer Ferdinand Topacio who filed the impeachment complaint against Bautista on August 23.
The complainants accused Bautista of betrayal of public trust due to his failure to address the hacking of the Comelec website in March 2015 and for failing to properly disclose his Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth.
The complainants also alleged that Bautista betrayed public trust for admitting that he had received referral fees from the Comelec's technology provider Smartmatic through the Divina Law Office, and for obstructing justice in saying that, pending investigation, the script tweak of the transparency server during the 2016 elections was "merely cosmetic."
When asked if the impeachment against him would be moot and academic, Bautista refused to comment further.
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