Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr. lamented the Department of Budget and Management’s (DBM) putting a political color on the poll body’s decision to suspend recall elections for lack of budget.

“What is happening is the issue is now having political color. They want us to provide funding. It cannot be that they know more than us [about running the elections],” Brillantes said.

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