A GROUP of anti-crime advocates filed a poll violation case against former president Benigno Aquino 3rd and 18 others in connection with the implementation of the anti-dengue mass immunization program of the Department of Health (DoH) during the election period in 2016.
In a 10-page complaint filed before the law department of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Friday, the Volunteers Against Crime and Corruption (VACC) and co-complainant Dr. Francis Cruz alleged that Aquino, his former Budget and Health secretaries Florencio Abad and Janet Garin and 16 others violated, among others, Section 261 of Batas Pambansa 881 or the Omnibus Election Code (OEC) , which prohibits the release of public funds 45 days before a regular election and 30 days before a special election.
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