SC wants Comelec, Congress explanation on ARMM poll hitch
By Benjamin B. Pulta 05/04/2011Officials of the Commission on Elections (Comelec), the Senate and the House of Representatives have been ordered by the Supreme Court (SC) to explain their positions on whether the Aug. 8, 2011 Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) elections should push through.
The ruling was made in two cases filed by Datu Michael Abad Kida, of the Maguindanao Federation of Autonomous Irrigators Association Inc., Hadji Muhmina Usman of Tawi-Tawi; lawyer John Anthony Lim from Sulu and other barangay officials and residents in Basilan and Lanao del Sur.
They said lawmakers are playing “moro-moro” with the dates of the ARMM election citing several laws passed setting the elections.
But they pointed out that the ARMM Organic Act or Republic Act 9504 fixes the date of election to second Monday of September which should have been followed..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/nation/20110504nat1.html
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