(Eagle News) — Former Commission on Elections chair Sixto Brillantes Jr. passed away on Tuesday, Aug. 11.
The Comelec said Brillantes died a little past 11 a.m.
The poll body, however, did not cite a cause of death, saying it would issue an official statement soon.
In July, lawyer Emil Marañon, Brillantes’ former chief of staff at Comelec, said his former boss had contracted COVID-19.
He was reportedly intubated at the Medical Center Manila at that time.
Brillantes was head of the poll body from January 2011 to February 2015.