Mar Roxas submits truckload of SOCE files

MANILA, Philippines — After two weeks of delay, the camp of losing president candidate Manuel Roxas II on Wednesday turned over his Statement on Contributions and Expenses to the Commission on Elections, showing P478 million in total campaign expenses.

Akbayan party-list Rep. Barry Gutierrez, spokesperson for the LP-lead administration coalition during the campaign, submitted Roxas' SOCE with 50 boxes of supporting documents mounted on a truck parked in front of the Comelec building in Intramuros, Manila.

Gutierrez said Roxas's biggest contributor was his mother, Judy Roxas, who handed him P90 million.

His uncle, Araneta Group CEO Jorge Araneta, meanwhile, contributed P70 million while Maria Fores gave P60 million.

SOCE | RT @halili_maricel:
Cong. Gutierrez says Mar Roxas spent P18M during campaign from his own pocket pic.twitter.com/FzcETKG07x

— Bilang Pilipino (@BilangPilipino) June 22, 2016

While Roxas himself shelled out P18 million, his aunt Ruby donated P10 million. His cousin, celebrated chef Margarita Fores, gave P7 million.

Gutierrez said 83 percent of Roxas's campaign expenditure went to television advertisements.

Roxas and his colleagues in the Liberal Party on June 16 asked the Comelec to extend the original June 8 deadline to submit the SOCE to June 30.

The en banc decision to grant the motion prompted the resignation of Comelec Commissioner Christian Robert Lim from the poll body's campaign finance office on Tuesday. He had recommended against accepting the late submissions. — Camille Diola, based on reports by Bilang Pilipino