Pasay RTC junks bid to dispute decision on AMWSLAI case

The Pasay City Regional Trial Court has junked the bid of retired Col. Luvin Manay and his group contesting the court’s decision on the leadership dispute in the P14-billion Air Materiel Wing Savings and Loan Association, Inc.

In a two-page order, Pasay RTC Branch 117 Judge Eugenio dela Cruz denied the motion for reconsideration filed by former AMWSLAI directors led by Manay seeking a reversal of the court’s judgment issued on June 16, 2008 that dismissed the case involving the disqualification of Manay and his group from running as members of the Board of Trustees in 2005.

Dela Cruz said that a motion for reconsideration is a prohibited pleading under the Rules of Procedure for Intra-corporate Dispute. In addition, Dela Cruz said there is no  cogent reason for the court to reverse its decision dismissing the case of Manay’s group.

“Finally, the motion being merely rehashed or a repetition of the points or arguments already considered by the Court, the subject motion for reconsideration is hereby denied,” Dela Cruz ruled.

Last month, Dela Cruz issued an order dismissing “for being moot and academic” the petition filed by the group of Manay in line with the Supreme Court’s ruling that validated the results of the Jan. 18, 2008 election held by more than 220,000 AMWSLAI members.

It would be recalled that In 2007, the Supreme Court annulled the election held in 2005 and ruled that Manay, Mantuano, Elaurza, Ocfemia, and Geronimo ‑ together with Ricardo Nolasco Jr., Morado Mercado, and Thaddeus Estalilla who were elected in 2005 – should sit as holdover members of the AMWSLAI board of trustees until an election is held.

Earlier, the SC had declared valid the Jan. 18, 2008 elections as it denied with finality a motion to annul the elections filed by the group of Manay.