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Faelnar vs. COMELEC

EUGENIO "JING-JING" FAELNAR, PETITIONER, VS. PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, HON. RAMON CODILLA, IN HIS CAPACITY AS PRESIDING JUDGE OF THE RTC, BRANCH 19, CEBU CITY, AND COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. Nos. 140850-51 | 2000-05-04

D E C I S I O N
 
MENDOZA, J.:
 
This is a petition for certiorari to set aside the order, dated July 29, 1999, of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 19, Cebu City, denying petitioner’s motion to quash in Criminal Cases Nos. CBU-49941[1] and 49942,[2] and the order, dated October 4, 1999, denying petitioner’s motion for reconsideration.
 
The facts are as follows:

On April 8, 1997, petitioner Eugenio Faelnar filed a certificate of candidacy for the position of Barangay Chairman of Barangay Guadalupe, Cebu City in the May 12, 1997 barangay elections. The following day, on April 9, 1997, a basketball tournament,...