Party-list rep blocked from taking House seat

By Franco Jose C. Baroña

Oct 21, 2022 1:07 am

THE Supreme Court has blocked the Magsasaka (Magkakasama sa Sakahan, Kaunlaran) party-list representative from assuming his seat in the House of Representatives.

In a notice dated October 18, the court en banc said it issued a Status Quo Ante Order (SQAO) requiring all parties in the petition filed by former Magsasaka representative Argel Joseph Cabatbat to maintain the prevailing situation before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) declared Robert Gerard Nazal Jr. as the party-list's representative in the House.

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