{"id":110577,"date":"2017-08-08T20:47:58","date_gmt":"2017-08-09T00:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=110577"},"modified":"2017-08-08T20:47:58","modified_gmt":"2017-08-09T00:47:58","slug":"bautista-sees-nothing-wrong-on-the-proposed-lifestyle-check","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/08\/08\/bautista-sees-nothing-wrong-on-the-proposed-lifestyle-check\/","title":{"rendered":"Bautista sees nothing wrong on the proposed lifestyle check"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_110578\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-110578\" style=\"width: 415px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_3013.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-110578\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_3013.jpg\" alt=\"Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Juan Andres Bautista sees nothing wrong on the proposed lifestyle check among ranking poll body officials. (PNA photo)\" width=\"415\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_3013.jpg 415w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_3013-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-110578\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Juan Andres Bautista sees nothing wrong on the proposed lifestyle check among ranking poll body officials. (PNA photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA, Aug. 8 &#8212;\u00a0Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Juan Andres Bautista sees nothing wrong on the proposed lifestyle check among ranking poll body officials.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have no problem with a lifestyle check on me&#8230; no problem whatsoever,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Asked if he was able to discuss it with the Commissioners, the poll body chief said he did not attend the en banc meeting on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was not in the en banc meeting but I have met with several of them one on one,\u201d Bautista said.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, he did not discount the possibility of taking a break.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs you know at this point I\u2019m open to different possibilities\u2026we will see,\u201d the Comelec head said.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Senator Grace Poe called for a lifestyle check on top officials of the poll body in connection with the allegations of having ill-gotten wealth hurled against Bautista.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the National Movement for Free Elections (NAMFREL) supported the call of the senator, saying that it will help ensure the integrity of poll officials.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You have to be beyond reproach. You have to have integrity, especially if you handle sensitive matters. There must be no conflict of interest,&#8221; said NAMFREL Secretary General Eric Alvia.<\/p>\n<p>He added, &#8220;An independent body should do it and must be done regularly.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA, Aug. 8 &#8212;\u00a0Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Juan Andres Bautista sees nothing wrong on the proposed lifestyle check among &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":110578,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,16,95],"tags":[11408,20737],"class_list":["post-110577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news","category-news-ph","tag-juan-andres-bautista","tag-lifestyle-check","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110577\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}