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==Court unseats Tawi-Tawi municipal mayor== | |||
*Source: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/zamboanga/local-news/2012/04/11/court-unseats-tawi-tawi-municipal-mayor-215763 | |||
*Wednesday, April 11, 2012 | |||
:by Bong Garcia | |||
A REGIONAL trial court has unseated Nazif Ahmad B. Abdurahman as the mayor of Simunul, Tawi-Tawi province. | |||
The Regional Trial Court (RTC) branch 5 acting presiding judge Peter V. Eisma of Bongao, Tawi-Tawi, has issued a five-page special order dated April 2, 2012 granting the motion for execution of its February 10, 2012 order that annulled and set aside Abdurahman's proclamation. | |||
The court declared Benzar N. Tambut as the duly elected mayor of Simunul municipality. | |||
The court issued the order after Tambut, assisted by election lawyer Quirino Esguerra Jr., has protested Abdurahman's proclamation. | |||
Tambut’s camp cited various irregularities allegedly conducted by Abdurahman or his followers and cohorts during the conduct of the automated national and local elections on May 10, 2010. | |||
Tambut has contested the results of six of the total 20 clustered precincts for the mayoralty position. | |||
Earlier, Abdurahman was proclaimed as the winner in the mayoralty race having garnered the highest votes casted and canvassed with a total of 2,955 votes as compared to Tambut who obtained 2,386 votes, the second highest ranking in the race of six mayoral aspirants. | |||
The court has annulled and set aside Aburahman's proclamation after it found out after the revision and judicial appreciation of ballots that Tambut garnered 2,329 votes while Abdurahman garnered a total of 1,933 votes or with a difference of 396 votes. | |||
The court in its April 2, 2012 decision has cited public interest in granting the motion for execution filed by Tambut and Esguerra. | |||
“Public interest involved is beyond doubt that warrants the execution of the decision of this court pending appeal when this court established the true and genuine expression of the will of the electorate of Simunul, Tawi-Tawi, thereby establishing protestant's right to the contested office by declaring him undoubtedly the true and genuine winner…,” the court said. | |||
Simunul, which comprises of 15 villages, is a 4th class and one of the 11 municipalities of Tawi-Tawi. | |||
Simunul has a population 31,962 people in 4,910 households based on the 2000 census of the National Statistics Office. | |||
==DENR-ARMM pursues greening program== | ==DENR-ARMM pursues greening program== | ||
*Source: http://www.pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?article=1521334025588 | *Source: http://www.pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?article=1521334025588 | ||
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A flagship program of President Benigno S. Aquino III, the greening program involves the growing of 1.5 billion trees in 1.5 million hectares of lands nationwide from 2011 to 2016. | A flagship program of President Benigno S. Aquino III, the greening program involves the growing of 1.5 billion trees in 1.5 million hectares of lands nationwide from 2011 to 2016. | ||
==ARMMAA 2012 reels off== | ==ARMMAA 2012 reels off== | ||