THE Supreme Court (SC) affirmed a Commission on Elections (Comelec) decision disqualifying a former mayor in Ilocos Norte who was removed from the list of the candidates for a mayoral race there because of a pending case against her in the United States.

In an en banc decision signed by Clerk of Court Enriqueta Vidal, the Court dismissed the petition filed by former-Mayor Marynette Gamboa of Dingras, Ilocos Norte who led the town from 2007 to 2010.

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