Probe Comelec division’s strange rulings, unseated gov asks SC By Benjamin B. Pulta 03/09/2010

Probe Comelec division’s strange rulings, unseated gov asks SC By Benjamin B. Pulta 03/09/2010 Ousted Bulacan Gov. Joselito “Jon-jon” Mendoza yesterday urged the Supreme Court (SC) to review and act on “queer” decisions handed by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) Second Division which also ruled to oust two other opposition governors — Grace Padaca of Isabela province and Eduardo “Among Ed” Panlilio of Pampanga. In a 16-page supplemental petition, Mendoza, through his lawyer Sixto Brillantes, said the “pattern in all of the three protest cases is most ominous... All three protestees — Mendoza, Padaca and Panlilio — are opposition governors belonging to the Liberal Party...All were duly proclaimed winners, but in the decision/s at the Comelec Division level, their winning margins were wiped out...The decisions were all rendered by the very same members of the Second Division of the Comelec.” Mendoza also asked the high tribunal to issue a temporaryretraining order or a status quo and stop the Comelec fro implementing its order declaring Roberto Pagdanganan as the winner in the May 2007 Bulacan gubernatorial race, to... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.tribune.net.ph/headlines/20100309hed3.html

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