THE high court sitting en banc ruled to junk the petition for certiorari under Rule 65 filed by Renato Federico, which seeks to stop the execution of the Commission on election (Comelec) ruling ousting him as Mayor of Santo Tomas, Batangas.

In a one-page resolution of the Supreme Court, dated April 16, 2013, but was just released to the media recently, it denied the very urgent motion filed by Federico, which prays to stay Comelec Order.

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