OMBUDSMAN Conchita Carpio-Morales on Wednesday filed 46 counts of malversation charges against a former high-ranking official of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) who failed to liquidate P44.3 million from 1998 to 2007.

Morales said Gideon de Guzman, the Comelec’s former director for finance services, repeatedly ignored demands for him to liquidate the said amount.

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