A former mayor of Jaen town, Nueva Ecija wants the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to reinstate her, claiming that she had been illegally ousted from her post.

In a 36-page petition for certiorari and prohibition, Sylvia Austria also asked the Comelec to unseat Antonio Prospero Esquivel, who had assumed the mayorship.

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