Bipartisan deal reached on special counsel over June 3 election

The ruling Democratic Party and the main opposition People Power Party reached an agreement Thursday on the blueprints for a bill to launch a special counsel to investigate the June 3 local election.

Chief deputy floor leaders of the two parties signed a bipartisan deal, stating the bill's official name and outlining the size of the investigative team and the duration of the probe.

The parties had been negotiating for weeks over the scope and subject of the investigation.

"We had already agreed ...