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Comelec reinstates Imus mayor
One day after rival took over position

IMUS, Cavite.The Commission on Elections (Comelec) ordered last Friday the reinstatement of Homer T. Saquilayan (Partido Magdalo) a day after Mayor Oscar Jaro (Lakas-CMD) was installed by the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) as the true winner in the 2001 elections.

Jaro was installed last Thursday by DILG Region 4-A Director Leonilo Lariosa and Deputy Sheriff Edgar Bermudez of Branch 22 of the Cavite Regional Trial Court who was assisted by Cavite PNP director Senior Supt. Roberto Rosales. But last Friday, the Comelec?s First Division issued the order reinstating Saquilayan after it granted a petition for the issuance of a temporary restraining order (TRO) against Presiding Judge Lucenito Tagle of RTC Branch 20 and respondent Jaro. Presiding Commissioner Rufino B. Javier and Commissioners Resurreccion Borra and Virgilio Garcillano wrote the decision promulgated last Friday. In the Comelec order, Judge Tagle was directed to cease and desist from enforcing/implementing or continuing to enforce or implement the assailed Dec. 17, 2003 decision declaring Jaro as the true winner in the 2001 elections. The same order stated that ?in the event the foregoing had already been implemented, the Comelec First Division hereby directs the parties to maintain the status quo ante, which to the condition prevailing before the issuance and implementation of the questioned orders dated Feb. 10, 2004 and Feb. 11, 2004.? Private respondent Jaro was also required to file his answer within a non-extendible period of 10 days from the receipt of the order. The First Division set the hearing on the petition for the issuance of preliminary injunction on March 1, 2004 at the Comelec Session Hall in Intramuros, Manila. Records show that Jaro lost by 549 votes to Saquilayan in the May 2001 elections, but the former filed with the Imus RTC an electoral protest contesting the results of the mayoralty election. Last Dec. 17, Jaro was declared winner by then Executive Judge Dolores Espa񯬠of the Imus RTC following appreciation and recounting of votes that gave him a margin of 5,257 votes over his rival. At 5:30 p.m. Friday.

Court upholds poll protest vs Imus, Cavite mayor
The mayor of Imus, Cavite might be removed from his post after a local court upheld an election protest filed against him by his rival in the 2004 elections, DZMM reported Wednesday.

Initial reports said the Imus Regional Trial Court upheld the poll protest filed by defeated Mayor Oscar Jaro against Homer Saquilayan.

In the decision, the court ruled that Jaro won the 2004 mayoral election instead of Saquilayan.

It was the second time that a local court ruled in favor of Jaro after the candidate filed a similar poll protest after the 2001 mayoral election.

MAYOR Oscar Jaro has withdrawn his candidacy for mayor of the municipality of Imus Monday morning
He was reinstalled and sworn in as mayor of Imus, Cavite, on April 25. He will remain mayor until June 30, 2007, as the law provides.

At the flag ceremony Monday, Jaro was joined by his own supporters and those of his erstwhile opponent, Manny Maliksi, son of Cavite’s Gov. Ireneo Maliksi.

In his speech, he told his supporters, “Kayo na bahala [It’s up to you],” referring to his earlier statement that he is supporting the candidacy of Maliksi.

“I am so tired and I don’t have much time to conduct a proper campaign for re­election,” he said to explain why he was withdrawing from the race.

Many of his supporters did not like to see Jaro withdraw because all the surveys conducted here in Imus have shown that he would win against Maliksi and the other mayoralty candidate, Homer Saquilayan.

In response to Jaro’s withdrawal and statement of support for him, Maliksi said, “Mabubuo na ang bayan ng Imus! [Imus will now be united!].”

The Supreme Court en banc had affirmed the decision of Branch 20 of the Imus Regional Trial Court declaring Oscar Jaro as the duly elected mayor.

Jaro had run as an administration candidate of the Lakas-Kampi coalition in Cavite and was shown to be defeated by Saquilayan (Partido Magdaló-NP) in the 2004 May election by 1,000 votes. Jaro filed an election protest with the Imus RTC, which decided in his favor only three years later, on February 28, 2007, the court declaring its findings that Jaro obtained 35,664 votes while Saquilayan had only 35,115.

The following day, on March 21, 2007, the RTC issued a writ of execution allowing Jaro to take his oath of office.

After Jaro was installed as mayor early this month, relieved Saquilayan, together with Cavite Vice-Governor Jonvic Remulla and hundreds of their supporters, protested the decision of the Supreme Court outside the municipal building of Imus.

Remulla said, “Gov. Ayong Maliksi failed to bring down my brothers, Reps. Crispin Remulla and Gilbert Remulla. Now they are bringing down Homer Saquilayan. Instead we will bring down Governor Maliksi!”

The Cavite PNP chief, Col. Fidel Posadas, and his policemen secured the area to avoid a violent clash between the supporters of Jaro and Saquilayan.

There were efforts to prevent Jaro from taking office but he finally did when Sen. Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr., together with Posadas with officials, sent to Cavite by the Department of the Interior and Local Government and several big leaders of Lakas and Kampi.

Jaro was then sworn in mayor of Imus.

In an interview with The Manila Times, Jaro had said he was happy with and thankful for the Supreme Court. He said Senator Revilla wants him to go on with the fight for reelection but he decided to withdraw and support the people want.

Sports
Table tennis is alive and well in Imus Table tennis is alive and well in Imus, Cavite. At the OJ Table Tennis Club, to be precise.

Table tennis is alive and well in Imus, Cavite. At the OJ Table Tennis Club, to be precise. The initials OJ stand for Oscar Jaro, the low-key former —or is it soon-to-be ?—mayor of the progressive Cavite town. So while most of us are still fast asleep in bed, Jaro and his group of paddle-wielding enthusiasts are already hitting, smashing and slicing balls at the two tables he has inside one of his compounds along the Buhay na Tubig national road near the Aguinaldo Highway. After sweating it out for about two hours—as in soaking wet sweat—Jaro and his boys have a common simple breakfast before breaking up at around 8 a.m. to go on to their respective pursuits.

"We started this group with Boy three years ago. He was the one who introduced me to the sport," said Jaro, who lost several pounds since he took up the sport. Boy is no other than his aide cum personal bodyguard, Conrad "Boy" Confesor, who, it turns out, is a kin on my late mother’s side. Tito Boy can be described as a table tennis fanatic, whose love for the game goes back when he was still an employee at the Philippine Long Distance Company. He used to be one of PLDT’s top table tennis players and has photos, newspaper clippings and trophies to prove it. Now in his mid-sixties, Tito Boy still packs a mean forehand while his slicing serves can easily befuddle you. "We began with around four people, including the mayor, but now we’ve grown to about 50," said Tito Boy, who now tutors promising kids on the sport.

Table tennis has adjusted to the times to make it a more spectator-friendly and accessible to more participants. Sets are now a race-to-11 points affair, unlike before when it used up to be 21, although the best-of-5 matches have been retained. Balls used are also slightly bigger and colored: a concession to spectators so they can appreciate the action more. Still, speed and power, rather than guile and finesse, are the main weapons of today’s top world players. At its highest level, a table tennis match is breathtaking to watch.

Oldtimers say that table tennis in the country used to be the second top sport behind basketball. Interest in the game has declined since then. So for table tennis chief Victor Valbuena, it is heartwarming to know there are pockets of interest in a sport that he is working so hard to promote.

Despite a heavy weekend load, on Saturday the Table Tennis Association of the Philippines president, racket in hand, accepted an invitation to visit the OJ Tennis Club. Stalled by the heavy traffic along the Aguinaldo Highway, Valbuena, with TATAP secretary-general Anna Alvarez in tow, arrived at the club near noontime. They were met by Tito Boy and some members of the club who stayed behind, including top commercial photographer and graphic designer Gabby Villarama. A former national agegroup and Palaro champion, Villarama is the managing director of his own photography and computer graphics outfit, Lucide Vue, Inc.

Seeming like a kid again, Valbuena was only too glad to play with anyone who wanted to take a crack at him. The image model for his sport because of his good looks, Vic displayed a well-rounded game. "The atmosphere is just like when I was in Basilan when I would skip classes just to play table tennis," he said.

Later, over lunch of adobo, chicken and pork barbecue, Valbuena finally got to meet Jaro, so the talk naturally drifted to table tennis. Jaro, who is in the midst of an election dispute with his political rival, said he would begin promoting table tennis in the town in the event that he wins his case and gets to serve as mayor again. "Puwede tayong magpalagay ng mga table mismo sa may city hall [we can set up tables at city hall]," he said. Also a former softball player, he added that he could begin promoting table tennis by organizing interbarangay tournaments.

Back to the club, Valbuena and Jaro played a few balls, then posed with the club members for posterity, with Villarama graciously volunteering to take the pictures.

If ever you’re in Imus and happen to be a table tennis fan, care to drop by the OJ Table Tennis club—where the game does not merely survive but thrive.