{"id":126032,"date":"2017-10-23T23:06:30","date_gmt":"2017-10-24T03:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=126032"},"modified":"2017-10-23T23:06:30","modified_gmt":"2017-10-24T03:06:30","slug":"bautista-vacates-comelec-post-monday-afternoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/10\/23\/bautista-vacates-comelec-post-monday-afternoon\/","title":{"rendered":"Bautista vacates Comelec post Monday afternoon"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: Commission on Elections (COMELEC) Chairman Juan Andres Bautista on Monday officially left his office after receiving a letter from Malacanang that his resignation has been accepted \u201ceffective immediately.\u201d (PNA PHOTO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA\u00a0<\/strong>—\u00a0Commission on Elections (COMELEC) Chairman Juan Andres Bautista on Monday officially left his office after receiving a letter from Malacanang that his resignation has been accepted \u201ceffective immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a press conference late Monday afternoon, the poll body chief said he will immediately vacate his position.<\/p>\n

\u201cKasi nga<\/em>\u00a0effective immediately\u00a0\u2018yung sulat.<\/em>\u00a0Kumbaga effective today\u00a0yan\u00a0<\/em>(It is because the letter says it is effective immediately. It means it is effective today.),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

According to the letter signed by Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea, dated October 23, Bautista\u2019s resignation has been accepted by President Rodrigo Duterte.<\/p>\n

.\u201cWe refer to you(r) letter tendering you(r) resignation as Chairman of the Commission on Elections. Upon the instruction of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, I wish to inform you that your resignation is hereby accepted, effective immediately,\u201d said the letter which was shared by Bautista to members of the media at the press briefing.<\/p>\n

Asked on how he feels after receiving the letter (at around 2 p.m.), he said he had mixed emotions.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it’s a mixture of feelings.\u00a0Mami<\/em>-miss\u00a0ko mga tao sa<\/em>\u00a0Comelec. (I will miss some Comelec personnel) People would always ask me do I have any regret… kasi it’s almost two and half years din ako sa Comelec. If ever I have any regret it would be because of the people.\u00a0Ang mga tao sa<\/em>\u00a0Comelec,\u00a0karamihan mabubuting tao.\u00a0Tapat sa tungkulin\u00a0<\/em>(Many Comelec personnel are loyal to their duties.),\u201d Bautista added.<\/p>\n

The poll body chairman had tendered his resignation last October 11 with an effectivity date of December 31, 2017 citing the need to attend to his family’s needs as the main reason for resigning.<\/p>\n

But, on the same day he tendered his resignation, the House of Representatives voted 137-75-2 to impeach Bautista.<\/p>\n

With this, he is leaving the decision to Congress whether his stepping down from post should mean that the impeachment trial is already moot and academic.<\/p>\n

\u201cHayaan na natin<\/em>.\u00a0Sabi ko nga ayoko pangunahan ang kahit na sino pero ito nga may sagot na ang ating Pangulo\u00a0<\/em>(It is fine. As I’ve said, I don’t want to preempt anyone but now, the President has spoken.)\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Bautista believes that the acting chairman of the poll body will be discussed in the en banc on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

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