Manila, April 16 -- Manila Rep. Joel Chua, chair of the House Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability, said Vice President Sara Duterte may have committed an election offense if allegations that her 2022 campaign was partly financed by Chinese nationals linked to Pharmally are proven true.

Section 81 of the Omnibus Election Code prohibits foreign nationals from contributing to a candidate's campaign expenditures.

Section 96, meanwhile, makes it unlawful for candidates and political parties to solicit or accept such contributions, whether directly or indirectly.

"Kapag napatunayang dayuhan ang mga nag-ambag sa kampanya, malinaw na may isyu ng (If proven that foreign nationals contributed to the campaign, it's clear that t...