THE ESTRANGED wife of Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Andres Bautista has alleged that he has close to P1 billion in unexplained wealth stashed away in several bank accounts but which the poll chief has denied.

In a 10-page affidavit she submitted to the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) last week, Patricia Paz Bautista, 47, said that Bautista had several passbooks from the Luzon Development Bank and HSBC.

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