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THE
Supreme Court (SC) has resolved the leadership dispute
in the P14-billion Air Materiel Wing Savings and Loan
Association Inc. (AMWSLAI) of the Air Force by simply
noting and taking no action on the urgent motion filed
by erstwhile AMWSLAI directors.
The
motion by Luvin Manay, Antonio Mantuano, Jose Elaurza,
Johnson Ocfemia and Anselmo Geronimo sought to annul the
results of the January 18, 2008, election of the board.
Based on
SC’s traditional practice, the “noted” or “to note”
action done by the tribunal means the court merely
accepted the pleading filed and saw no necessity in
further acting on it.
Besides
“noting” the filing by Manay’s group, the SC granted the
motion for leave to admit the opposition to the plea to
annul the elections filed by the board.
Among
the new directors are retired Col. Ricardo Nolasco Jr,
as board chairman and president; Thaddeus Estalilla,
Morado Mercado, Ismael Abad, Ricardo Perido, Angel Tapac,
Antonio Gumba and Cesar Toledanes,
members. The October 9, 2007 decision written by Justice
Antonio Eduardo Nachura annulled the results of the 2005
elections and ordered the reinstatement of Nolasco,
Estalilla, Mercado, Manay, Mantuano, Elaurza, Ocfemia
and Geronimo as holdover directors, but only until the
election and proclamation of winners in a “valid, lawful
and orderly election.”
In a
manifestation filed by their counsel J. Oswald B.
Lorenzo for the new board, the High Court was informed
that such an election was held in accordance with the
High Court’s decision.
Lorenzo
said Manay, Mantuano, Elaurza, Ocfemia and Geronimo were
officially notified of the January 18 elections, but
that they did not participate. |
