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Cicero J. Punzalan et al. Vs. Estelito P. Mendoza

CICERO J. PUNSALAN, etc., petitioner, vs. MINISTER ESTELITO P. MENDOZA, etc., respondent.

G.R. No. L-69576 | 1985-11-19

D E C I S I O N


DE LA FUENTE, J.:

Petition for quo warranto and prohibition seeking inter alia the ouster of the respondent, Hon. Estelito P. Mendoza, from the governorship of Pampanga. It is alleged that petitioner Cicero J. Punsalan is the "rightful Governor" and that he is suing the respondent as "ex-governor . . . who returned to his old post while being occupied by petitioner," 1 respondent having already "lost his seat by his own acts." 2

A motion for intervention was filed by counsel for Robin Nepomuceno, 3 "senior member" of the Sangguniang Panglalawigan who took his oath of office as " Vice-Governor" after the petitioner began...