The ghost of the botched 2022 election debate series mounted by the Commission on Elections continues to haunt the poll body one year later.
MANILA, Philippines – The ghost of the botched 2022 election debate series mounted by the Commission on Elections continues to haunt the poll body one year later, after its production partner demanded that the commission pay its multimillion-peso debt.
“Despite our repeated demands, both verbally and via email, the claims have remained unpaid. As such, please consider this as the final demand to coordinate and set a meeting with us to discuss the settlement of the outstanding balance,” it added. “The en banc will definitely act on this letter and we will avail of the legal remedies available to us,” he said. “We will make public the actions of the commission, but surely, it will be within the legal bounds.”The Comelec, in an embarrassing move, was left with no choice but to cancel its last two debates for presidential and vice presidential candidates in April 2022, in the wake of a debt fiasco involving its former production partner.
Comelec Commissioner Rey Bulay, who led the inquiry, had said in a leaked memo that the poll body’s transaction with its contractor “appears to be manifestly and grossly disadvantageous to the government.”
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