By Kit Bagaipo
PDI Visayas Bureau
TAGBILARAN CITY, Philippines -- A policeman in Bohol is facing criminal and administrative charges before the Ombudsman for alleged violations of election laws.
The complaint filed before the Ombudsman on November 9 identified the policeman as Police Officer 3 Diosdado Dahan, an investigator of the Anda town police.
Edwin Ladesma and Honorato Edubas, both residents of the village of Basiao, Garcia Hernandez town, filed separate complaints against Dahan citing several violations, including grave threats, carrying a firearm despite a gun ban, and giving money to voters so they would vote for Dahan's wife Maria who was running for village councilor in Basiao.
In his complaint, Ladesma said that on October 29, he was watching a candidate for village chairman arguing with a resident when Dahan "came rushing and without asking questions, forcibly shoved" him to the ground.
"Dahan drew his firearm and aimed it at him although the cop did not fire his gun,†Ladesma said.
Edubas also claimed in his affidavit-complaint that in the morning of October 28, he was in a waiting shed in Basiao when he saw Dahan holding P20 bills attached to pieces of paper bearing the name of Dahan's wife Maria.
Edubas said he felt surprised since, as a police officer, "Dahan should not participate in any political activity."
He also alleged that Dahan was carrying a firearm although he was 40 kilometers from his post in Anda.
The two complainants reported the incidents to their village chairman Benjamin Galido and the Garcia-Hernandez police, which later confiscated Dahan's firearm.
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