The Supreme Court has ended the long wait of Maguindanao del Norte to have its own provincial treasurer by ordering the Bureau of Local Government Finance in Soccsksargen to designate one for the newly created province.
However, the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao refused to acknowledge Sinsuat as Maguindanao del Norte’s governor and instead endorsed one of its senior ministers, Abdulraof Macacua, for the post, who was subsequently sworn into office as acting governor by President Marcos on April 5.
Sinsuat’s petition included, among others, prayers for the high court to order respondents to recognize the corporate existence of Maguindanao del Norte and the assumption of office of its local elective officials.But the initial legal victory raised Sinsuat’s hope that she has a rightful claim to the gubernatorial seat of the province.
In a statement on Tuesday, lawyer Valerie Añober, a counsel for Sinsuat, explained that the issuance of the writ “established that the petitioner has a clear legal and unmistakable right.”
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