BUREAU OF Internal Revenue (BIR) Commissioner Caesar R. Dulay has created a special team to investigate possible violations of the National Internal Revenue Code by Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chair Juan Andres D. Bautista and his wife Patricia Paz C. Bautista, along with lawyer Nilo T. Divina and the Divina Law Firm, and the Luzon Development Bank (LDB). In a letter addressed to Justice Secretary Vitaliano N. Aguirre II, Mr. Dulay said he has assigned Glen A. Geraldino, director of BIR Revenue Region No. 8-Makati City, as coordinator of the special team. It was stated in the letter that the coordinator is authorized to call on other revenue officers for any assistance and to secure necessary and pertinent tax documents at the bureau. The investigation is in connection with the allegations of Mrs. Bautista that the Comelec chair has ill-gotten wealth, which are not indicated in his Statement of Assets and Liabilities. She alleged that her estranged husband has 35 multiple bank accounts at the LDB. — Mario M. Banzon

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