It was Homer Saquilayan and not Manny Maliksi as the duly elected Mayor of Imus, Cavite as ruled by the Supreme Court in a tight vote of 8-7 on Tuesday, March 12 . Maliksi got 40,092 votes while Saquilayan got 48,521 votes last elections.
The TRO issued by Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno in October 2012 was likewise lifted by the SC. Concurring justices were Castillo, Abad, Martin, Villarama, Perez, Perlas-Bernabe, and Leonen, while dissenting justices were Bersamin, Velasco, Brion, Peralta, Mendoza, and Reyes.
CJ Sereno voted with the majority.
The decision is said to be immediately executory considering there are only less than 5 months left in Saquilayan's term. Maliksi and Saquilayan will face each other again in the upcoming elections with the former running under the Liberal Party and the latter under the Nacionalista Party.
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