Manila, April 11 -- The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has ordered reelectionist Palawan 3rd District Rep. Abraham Mitra to explain why he should not be charged for alleged vote buying.

In a show cause order, the poll body's Committee on Kontra Bigay called out Mitra's posts on his Facebook page Baham Mitra Official on April 2 and 4, allegedly offering limited free tickets to the public for the movie "Sinagtala" at a mall in the province.

"It is the position of this Committee that the foregoing Facebook posts that you made constitute possible violation of Section 261(a) of Batas Pambansa Blg. 881 or the Omnibus Election Code (OEC), as implemented by Section 26 (b) of Comelec Resolution No. 11104," committee vice chair Teopisto Elnas ...