AFP checking poll bets' background

(UPDATE) THE Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is doing background checks on candidates in the May elections to safeguard the ballot from foreign influence.

AFP Chief of Staff Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr. said the military, through its intelligence network, «will check all candidates, including their background. If we find red tags, we will inform the Commission on Elections (Comelec) about this.»

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