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Comelec issues show-cause order to Escudero over ₱30-M campaign donation
Manila Bulletin
|October 5, 2025
Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman George Erwin Garcia confirmed on Saturday, Oct. 4, that a show-cause order has been issued to Senator Francis "Chiz" Escudero over the P30-million campaign donation he allegedly received from a contractor for his May 2022 election bid.
"Ito po ay naipadala na kahapon at ineexpect natin doon sa pagdinig na gagawin either siya po ang pumunta o magpadala ng kanyang abogado (This was already sent yesterday, and we expect that during the hearing, either he will come himself or send his lawyer)," Garcia said in a radio interview over DZBB.
Lawrence Lubiano, the president of Centerways Construction and Development Inc., who admitted that he donated P30 million to the campaign of Escudero when he ran in 2022, was the first to be issued the order. He has already sent his lawyer as well as submitted an affidavit last week.
According to Garcia, Escudero will get to air his side in a scheduled on Oct. 13.
Escudero welcomed the move.
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