The Supreme Court (SC) en banc has affirmed the temporary restraining order (TRO) earlier issued by Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno stopping the Commission on Elections (Comelec) from enforcing its ruling disqualifying Sen. Grace Poe from the presidential race.

Voting 12-3, magistrates upheld the stay order that will ensure that Poe’s name will not be taken off the list of presidential candidates in the official ballots to be printed this month.

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