SC stops unseating of Lanao mayor

THE Supreme Court (SC) has issued a status quo ante order on a Commission on Elections (Comelec) ruling unseating a Lanao del Norte municipal mayor who won in the May 2013 polls.

In a full court decision signed by Clerk of Court Enriqueta Vidal, the tribunal held  that Mayor Rommel Arnado “shall continue to assume and exercise the functions and      powers of the Office of the Mayor of Kauswagan, Lanao del Norte until further orders from [the court.]”