DESPITE a directive by Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre 2nd to investigate the alleged P1 billion ill-gotten wealth of Commission on Elections Chairman Andres Bautista, the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) is in a quandary as to which office in the bureau will handle the case.

In the absence of NBI Director Dante Gierran, division chiefs of the bureau on Monday said they have not received any endorsement from the office of the director regarding Department Order 517 issued by Aguirre to NBI to investigate the allegations of Baustista’s estranged wife Patricia.

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