Fee on Elections Commissioner George Garcia FILE PHOTO
MANILA, Philippines — Fee on Elections (Comelec) chairperson George Erwin Garcia stated on Thursday that he would problem absolute waivers anew concerning his alleged financial institution accounts within the Cayman Islands.
“Magazine-iissue muli ako ng waivers. Actually, might sulat uli ako sa Anti-Cash Laundering Council na ipapatanggap natin ngayon,” he stated in an ambush interview.
(I’ll problem waivers once more. Actually, I’ve written to the Anti-Cash Laundering Council, and we’ll make them settle for it as we speak.)
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These waivers are for the offshore accounts offered by Sagip party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta on the identical day, allegedly beneath Garcia’s identify.
Garcia questioned the receipts and certifications offered by the congressman.
In a press briefing earlier the day, Marcoleta stated that they had volunteers in New York deposit $100 into two offshore accounts. The receipts have been traced again and supposedly confirmed Garcia’s identify.
“Faux po yung accounts. Tapos kabubukas lang ‘yong pinakita na pinadalhan ng 100 USD. Kahit sa native banks basta tama account quantity pero mali ang identify ay profitable pa rin transaction,” Garcia stated.
“That receipt got here from a platform of a US-based establishment, a good financial institution known as JP Morgan Chase & Firm. That’s a client and banking subsidiary of a good world-renowned banking establishment based mostly in America. That’s why the transaction data from Chase for Enterprise could be thought-about genuine and untampered,” he added.
Final July, Marcoleta additionally stated that an unnamed Comelec official acquired a minimum of P1 billion value of funds from banks, together with these based mostly in South Korea, to 49 offshore accounts.
Reacting to Marcoleta’s assertion, Comelec Chairman George Garcia stated he was the one being referred to by the lawmaker.
READ: Garcia: Financial institution accounts offered by Marcoleta ‘faux’, makes use of my identify
“Huwag na po nating paikut-ikutin. Ako po ‘yung nire-refer doon. Dalawang linggo na po kaming might impormasyon. Truly po, nakaplano ‘yung demolition job laban sa Comelec. Could mga nag-presscon,” he advised reporters.
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(Let’s not beat across the bush. I’m the one being referred to. We’ve had the data for 2 weeks. Truly, the demolition job towards Comelec was deliberate. Some folks held a press convention.)
