Vote-buying complaint in Negros Oriental dismissed

Vote-buying complaint in Negros Oriental dismissed

BACOLOD CITY – The prosecutor’s office has dismissed a vote-buying complaint against a 36-year-old man in Bacong, Negros Oriental, according to Commission on Elections-Negros Island Region (Comelec-NIR) Assistant Regional Director Jossil Macute.Macute explained that the case was dropped due to a warrantless search that failed to meet the “plain view” doctrine. The suspect, identified as Romnick from Barangay Combado, Bacong, was flagged down by …

Prosecutor dismisses complaint vs. Bacong vote buying suspect

The complaint filed against a Bagong, Negros Oriental, resident arrested with sample ballots and money has been dismissed by the prosecutor’s office, a Commission on Elections official said. The complaint was dismissed because the evidence was not recovered in plain view at a checkpoint, but in a U-box of a motorcycle and inside envelops, Assistant […]