EN BANC
[G.R. No. 261344. July 5, 2022.]
FRANK ONG SIBUMA, petitioner,vs. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, ALMA L. PANELO and STEFANIE ANN ERIGUEL CALONGCAGON, respondents.
NOTICE
Sirs/Mesdames :
Please take notice that the Court en banc issued a Resolution datedJULY 5, 2022, which reads as follows:
"G.R. No. 261344(Frank Ong Sibuma vs. Commission on Elections, Alma L. Panelo and Stefanie Ann Eriguel Calongcagon). — The Court Resolved to NOTE and GRANT the Urgent Motion for Special Raffle dated July 1, 2022 filed by counsel for petitioner.
Acting on the Petition for Certiorari (with Prayer/Application for Temporary Restraining Order [TRO] and/or Writ of Preliminary Injunction or a Status Quo Ante Order [SQAO]) and the Supplemental Petition for Certiorari (with Extremely Urgent Application for TRO/SQAO and/or Writ of Preliminary Injunction and Motion for Conduct of Special Raffle), the Court Resolved, without giving due course to the petition, to
(a) REQUIRE the respondents to COMMENT thereon within a NON-EXTENDIBLE period of ten (10) days from notice hereof; and
(b) ISSUE a TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER and Status Quo Ante Order, effective immediately and continuing until further orders from this Court, enjoining respondent Commission on Elections (COMELEC) from implementing its assailed Resolution dated May 13, 2022 in SPA No. 21-172 (DC) and the corresponding Writ of Execution dated June 29, 2022. Accordingly, the COMELEC directive to the Municipal Board of Canvassers of the Municipality of Agoo, La Union to reconvene at the Session Hall, 8th Floor, Palacio del Gobernador, General Luna Street, Intramuros, Manila on Tuesday, July 5, 2022 at 2 o'clock in the afternoon and thereafter is restrained." (adv76)
By authority of the Court:
(SGD.) MARIFE M. LOMIBAO-CUEVASClerk of Court