SENATE Minority Leader Juan Ponce Enrile on Wednesday blocked the confirmation of the appointment of lawyer Andres Bautista as chairman of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and directed the latter to submit first the report of the poll body on the supposed 12 million missing votes in 2013.

Enrile, during a hearing of the Committee on Constitutional Commissions and Offices of the Commission on Appointments (CA), asked Bautista about the actions taken by the Comelec on the letter of Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) Chairman Tita de Villa to then-Comelec Chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr. involving the case of 18,468 precincts that did not have any electronic or manual count of votes.

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