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Comelec chief to Marcos: Don’t let foreign entities disrupt PH elections
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia has asked President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to prevent foreign entities from interfering in Philippine elections.
Garcia presented evidence suggesting that Smartmatic, an electronic voting systems provider, might be behind alleged offshore bank accounts linked to him.
Comelec's research indicates that Jaleo Consulting, LLC, a Florida-based US firm, conducted the offshore bank transactions attributed to Garcia.
Garcia stated that such foreign intervention is a threat to democracy and requested the President's help to stop these entities from influencing the country.
This follows claims by Sagip party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta in July about P1 billion in fund transfers to a Comelec official's alleged offshore accounts, which Garcia confirmed referred to him.
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Sagip party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta accused Comelec Chairperson George Garcia of owning offshore bank accounts in the Cayman Islands and New York, presenting bank transfer receipts as evidence.
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Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia presented evidence linking Smartmatic Services Corp. to alleged offshore bank transactions, with the entity Jaleo Consulting, LLC conducting transactions initiated by a volunteer from New York.
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Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairperson George Erwin Garcia has linked Smartmatic to an alleged "demolition job" and smear campaign against the poll body, presenting documents to support his claim.
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Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia is requesting the US Department of Justice (US DOJ) to investigate allegations of his supposed offshore accounts, which he believes are a form of identity theft and bank fraud aimed at ruining his reputation.
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Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia plans to file an ethics complaint against Sagip party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta for allegedly fabricating and falsifying documents related to purported offshore bank accounts.
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