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Arnold Guerrero vs COMELEC, Hon. Villar, Hon Roberto Nazareno, et al

ARNOLD V. GUERRERO, petitioner, vs. THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, HON. MANUEL B. VILLAR, JR., as the Speaker of the House of Representatives, 11th Congress, HON. ROBERTO P. NAZARENO, as the Secretary General of the House of Representatives, 11th Congress, RODOLFO C. FARI?AS and GUILLERMO R. RUIZ, respondents.

G.R. No. 137004 | 2000-07-26

D E C I S I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

Before the Court is a petition for certiorari, prohibition, and mandamus, with prayer for a temporary restraining order and/or preliminary injunction, under Rule 65 of the Rules of Court. It assails the Order of the Commission on Elections, Second Division, dated May 10, 1998, in COMELEC Case No. SPA 98-227, which dismissed the petition filed by herein respondent Guillermo C. Ruiz to disqualify respondent Rodolfo C. Fariñas as a candidate for the elective office of Congressman in the first district of Ilocos Norte during the May 11, 1998 elections. It also assails the Resolution dated May 16, 1998,...