When Mar Roxas’ staff were not kidding when they said his Statement of Contributions and Expenditures (SOCE) had way too many receipts and documents attached to it. Then again, they knew ahead of time that the SOCE had to be submitted on a certain date.
After missing the Jun 8 deadline set by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for the submission of candidates’ SOCE, Roxas’ camp finally submitted his documents on Wed, Jun 22.
The attachments of Roxas’ SOCE consisted of 50 boxes of receipts and other pertinent documents. The boxes were brought to the Comelec headquarters in Intramuros, Manila via a yellow truck.
According to his SOCE, Roxas spent PHP487 million in the May elections.
“It may be recalled that the Liberal Party missed the deadline of SOCE filing, saying it needed more time to collate hundreds of receipts to prove campaign expenditures. Comelec en banc eventually granted LP’s request for an extension of the SOCE filing until June 30. The poll body however drew criticisms and the extension led to the resignation of one of the poll commissioners,” reports ABS-CBN News.
The Comelec commissioners who voted for the extension are Arthur Lim, Rowena Guanzon, Al Parreño, and Sheriff Abbas. Meanwhile, Comelec Chairman Andy Bautista, Comelec Campaign Finance Office chair Christian Robert Lim (he is the one who resigned), and Commissioner Luie Guia voted against the extension.
