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Conquilla vs COMELEC & Alarilla

ROBERTO CONQUILLA, petitioner, vs. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS and EDUARDO A. ALARILLA, respondents.

G.R. No. 139801 | 2000-05-31

D E C I S I O N


BELLOSILLO, J.:

ROBERTO CONQUILLA assails in this special civil action for certiorari the En Banc Resolution of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) dated 7 September 1999 which affirmed the Resolution of its First Division dated 21 May 1998 dismissing his Petition for Cancellation of Certificate of Candidacy and Disqualification against private respondent EDUARDO A. ALARILLA1 [Docketed as SPA No. 98-132.] for lack of merit.

On 27 March 1998 ALARILLA filed his Certificate of Candidacy with the Municipal Election Officer of Meycauayan, Bulacan, without however indicating the elective position which he was aspiring for....