PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has yet to pick a new head of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) following the resignation of poll chief Juan Andres Bautista, Malacañang said on Tuesday. AdvertisementsIn the meantime, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) en banc named Commissioner Christian Robert Lim as acting chairman, spokesman James Jimenez said. “The Palace has accepted the resignation of Commission on Election’s chairman Andres Bautista effective immediately,” Abella told reporters. Meanwhile, Abella refused to comment on talks that Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo was eyeing the position of Comelec chairman. There have been persistent talks that I want to be the Comelec chairman, I am not interested in that position),” Panelo said in a statement.

Source: Manila Times October 24, 2017 05:03 UTC