SC stops synchronizing ARMM polls with 2013 elections

MANILA, Philippines – The Supreme Court has stopped implementation of Republic Act 10153 or the law synchronizing the elections of the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao with the 2013 polls, a court official said.

It also issued a temporary restraining order against the government’s move to appoint an officer-in-charge, said lawyer Midas Marquez, a spokesman for the high court.

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