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A regional trial court has unseated Nazif Ahmad B. Abdurahman as the mayor of Simunul, a fourth-class and one of the 11 municipalities in Tawi-Tawi province.
Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 5 Acting Presiding Judge Peter V. Eisma of Bongao, Tawi-Tawi, has issued a five-page Special Order dated April 2, 2012 granting the “motion for execution†of its February 10, 2012 order that “annulled and set aside†Abdurahman's proclamation and declared Benzar N. Tambut as the duly elected mayor of Simunul municipality, Province of Tawi-Tawi..
The Court issued the order after Tambut protested Abdurahman's proclamation citing various irregularities allegedly conducted and/or perpetrated by Abdurahman and/or his followers and cohorts during the conduct of the May 2010 automated national and local elections.
Tambut has contested and impugned the results of six of the total 20 clustered precincts for the mayoralty position.
Earlier, Abdurahman was proclaimed as winner having garnered a total of 2,955 votes as compared to Tambut who obtained 2,386 votes,
the second highest among six aspirants for mayor.
However, the Court, after the revision and judicial appreciation of ballots, has annulled and set aside Aburahman's proclamation since it found out that Tambut garnered 2,329 votes while Abdurahman garnered a total of 1,933 votes or with a difference of 396 votes.
The Court in its April 2, 2012 decision has cited “public interest†in granting the “motion for execution†filed by Tambut and his legal counsel.
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