SC ruling reinstating Javier as Antique gov affirmed

The Supreme Court (SC) has affirmed its decision reinstating Exequiel Javier as Antique governor even as it denied a motion for reconsideration filed against its ruling on the case which was handed down last month. Photo by wikipedia.org The ruling that reinstated Javier reversed the order of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) that granted the petition for disqualification filed by former Lakas-CMD Secretary General and UNA candidate Raymundo Roquero and Cornelio Aldon. SC Spokesman Theodore O. Te said the denial of the motion for reconsideration filed by Roquero and Aldon “is effective immediately.” In its decision written by Justice Arturo D. Brion, the SC ruled that the poll body committed a grave abuse of discretion when it disqualified Javier “based on a provision of law that had already been expressly repealed.” It said the basis for disqualifying Javier no longer existed with the express repeal of Section 216 (d)(1) and [...]