DISQUALIFIED FOR LIFE
Court convicts Javier for suspending Valderrama mayor
a SAN JOSE, Antique – The Regional Trial Court (RTC) here found former governor Exequiel Javier guilty beyond reasonable doubt of violating the Omnibus Election Code and sentenced him to a maximum of three years of imprisonment. It also disqualified him from holding public office and barred him from exercising his right of suffrage.
Judge Ernesto Abijay Jr. of RTC Branch This provision prohibits the suspension Commission on Elections (Comelec) or 10 convicted Javier for violation of Section of any elective official during the election unless the suspension is related to graft 261 (x) of the Omnibus Election Code. period without the approval of the