sentences: "The RTC annulled the election after Villafuerte's group revealed only 19 out of the 87 member-associations attended the election while the June 4 elections was authorized by majority of the 87 stakeholders that attended the National Congress initiated by Villafuerte, as BAP-SBP chairman.The decision of the Manila RTC was eventually overturned by the Court of Appeals' Special 9th division on November 18, 2008 in a 16-page decision which recognized the legitimacy of the June 12 convention-election.