Today in Philippine History (Philatelic Edition Series 2):
October 23, 2017
President Rodrigo Duterte accepted the resignation of Commission on Elections (COMELEC) Chairman Andres Bautista effective immediately on October 23, 2017.
Bautista was informed of the President's decision in a letter signed by Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea.
He was impeached earlier by the House of Representatives. The justice committee in the lower house was scheduled to hold a hearing on his impeachment on October 24, 2017.
Bautista submitted his resignation to Duterte on October 11 and effective at the end of the year but Duterte accepted it earlier than expected.
Through a tip from Bautista's estranged wife Patricia, the United States government's Department of Homeland Security’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), filed money laundering and conspiracy charges against Bautista in connection with the 2016 Philippine elections at the United States District Court in the Southern District of Florida on September 19, 2023. Patricia, claimed Bautista has ill-gotten wealth worth ₱1,000,000,000.
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