G.R. No. 277595, Jonas C. Cortes v. Commission on Elections (COMELEC) and Ervin E. Estandarte

The Supreme Court (SC) issued a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) preventing the COMELEC from implementing its Resolutions canceling Jonas C. Cortes’s Certificate of Candidacy for Mayor of Mandaue City, Cebu, in the 2025 national and local elections. The TRO also prevented the COMELEC from deleting his name from the list of candidates for the said position.

The SC ordered the COMELEC and Ervin E. Estandarte to comment on the petition within a non-extendible period of 15 days from receipt of the notice.  (Courtesy of the SC Office of the Spokesperson)