TRO sought vs. rule barring SGA-BARMM voters from local polls
LEGAL REMEDY. North Cotabato provincial board member Dulia Sultan shows the documents she submitted before the Supreme Court in Manila on Monday (Jan. 10, 2022) seeking to stop a Commission on Elections ruling barring 200,000 registered voters from the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Special Geographic Area (SGA-BARMM) in North Cotabato from voting for local officials. Under, Comelec Minute Resolution Number 21-0953, SGA-BARMM voters are not allowed to vote for mayor, vice-mayor, town councilors, governor, vice governor, board members, and House representative. (Photo from Boar...