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ARMM Elections: Legal Challenges and Rulings by Jug Head is a document available to read on EtoBox.
The Supreme Court ruled on challenges to laws resetting elections for the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). RA No. 10153 postponed ARMM elections from 2011 to 2013 to synchronize them with national elections. This left a period without elected officials, so the law allowed the President to appoint Officers-in-Charge until the 2013 elected officials took office. The Court upheld this as a reasonable interim measure given the need to synchronize elections. It found the appointment power was for a f
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- Jug Head
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