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Typoco vs. COMELEC et al.

JESUS O. TYPOCO, JR., petitioner, vs. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS (COMELEC) EN BANC, and JESUS EMMANUEL PIMENTEL, respondents.

G.R. No. 136191 | 1999-11-29

D E C I S I O N

GONZAGA_REYES, J.:

Before us is a petition for certiorari and prohibition to annul and set aside the resolution of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) En Banc dated October 12, 1998 which dismissed herein petitioner Jesus Typoco, Jr.'s (TYPOCO) petition for Annulment of Election or Election Results and/or Declaration of Failure of Elections docketed as SPA No. 98-413.

The factual antecedents insofar as pertinent to the instant petition are as follows:

TYPOCO and private respondent Jesus Pimentel (PIMENTEL) were both candidates for the position of Governor in Camarines Norte during the May 11, 1998 elections. On May 22,...