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SC says Dinagat Islands not a province anymore; Issues final entry of judgment

It’s final, the Supreme Court (SC) has finally recorded an Entry of Judgment to its decision dated February 10, 2010 nullifying a law that created the province of Dinagat Islands.

In an interview, Atty. Victor Bernal, one of the 3 petitioners, said the entry of judgment was already made last May 18, 2010 and that they only received a copy on October 05, 2010 from the Deputy Clerk of Court & Chief, Judicial Records Office of the Supreme Court, Ma. Lourdes C. Perfecto.

“It means that the Supreme Court has affirmed the unconstitutionality of R.A. 9355 which created the province of Dinagat Islands,” Bernal said.

The SC maintained that Dinagat Islands did not meet either the land area or the population requirement for the creation of the province.

Bernal said the copies of the entry of judgment were also forwarded to the Provincial Legal Office, Office of Gov. Sol Matugas, Atty. Leonardo Palicte III of Legal Affairs Dep’t of the House of Representatives, Speaker Feleciano Belmonte, Exec. Sec. Paquito Ochoa, Gov. Geraldine Ecleo, Office of the Senate Legal Counsel, Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile, The Solicitor General and Chairman Jose Melo of the Commission on Elections.

Special Election is imminent

Bernal is optimistic that a special election will likely to take place. “It might happen later this year,” he said.

It may be recalled that COMELEC issued Resolution No. 8790 dated March 9, 2010 on the status of the election-related matters such as the electoral posts that were available and considered in the area.

With this recent development, the Province of Dinagat Islands will likely be reverted to its previous status as part of the First Legislative District of Surigao del Norte and that the result of the May 2010local election will have to be nullified.

Accordingly, a special election for Governor, Vice Governor, Member of the House of Representatives of the First Legislative District of Surigao del Norte, and Members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of the First District of Surigao del Norte (with Dinagat Islands) will have to be conducted. (PIA-Surigao del Norte)
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غير معرف يقول...: What a surprise! Finally something good from the Philippines. More power to the Filipno people.; 22 أكتوبر 2010 في 5:27 م
غير معرف يقول...: They have not gone to court of appeals yet? Money is justice for them.; 24 أكتوبر 2010 في 7:13 م
غير معرف يقول...: WOW JUSTICE WAS SERVED AFTERALL . SO THE OPPRESSED PEOPLE OF DINAGAT UNDER THE RULE OF THE ECLEO'S WILL NOW SAY " FREE AT LAST FREE AT LAST" . THEY WERE TREATED AS SLAVES BY THIS TYRANT. : . SO LET US HOPE FOR A PEACEFUL AND PROGRESSIVE DINAGAT ISLAND, AND PEACEFUL ELECTION TOO. GOD BLESS THE GOOD PEOPLE OF DINAGAT.; 25 أكتوبر 2010 في 7:19 ص
غير معرف يقول...: Dinagat can never be a province, even if you all vote, because land area and population is prerequisite of becoming a province. In the first place it is only a hidden agenda of the Ecleo clan to get more government seats and get more money. Since many decades that Ecleo clan is there no real improvement happen in that island. Only bad news come from that clan, tell me a good news that they have done?

I know all the bad things that Ecleo clan have done in the past. I will tell you about how they fix votes during election. In my next comment.; 28 أكتوبر 2010 في 4:54 م

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