EMBATTLED Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Juan Andres Bautista no longer functions as “full-time” head of the poll body, resulting in work backlogs that need his immediate attention.

Commissioner Rowena Guanzon recently disclosed that documents needed to be signed by Bautista are filing up because he could no longer focus on his job as a result of a personal family problem and an impending impeachment trial over allegations by his estranged wife that he has amassed more than P1 billion in ill-gotten wealth while in government service.

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