MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court (SC) stopped Tuesday the implementation of Republic Act No. 10153 that postponed the election in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) and synchronized it with the 2013 national elections.
During its full court session, the SC also stopped the law’s provision that allowed President Aquino to appoint officers-in-charge for ARMM until the 2013.
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Clearly, Rep. Lagman is correct when he said that Noynoy's folly “violates the constitutional guaranty of elective and representative regional officials in the ARMM.” You know that something's not right with the palace's legal think tank when their proposals and issuances are being trashed by the Supreme Court left and right.
