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Arsenio Alvarez vs Comelec And Abad-Sarmiento

ARSENIO ALVAREZ, petitioner, vs. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS and LA RAINNE ABAD-SARMIENTO, respondents.

G.R. No. 142527 | 2001-03-01

R E S O L U T I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

This petition for certiorari assails the Resolution of the Commission on Elections En Banc, denying the Motion for Reconsideration of herein petitioner and affirming the Resolution of the Second Division of the COMELEC that modified the decision dated December 4, 1997 of the Metropolitan Trial Court, Br. 40, of Quezon City in Election Case No. 97-684. Said decision declared herein private respondent La Rainne Abad-Sarmiento the duly elected Punong Barangay of Barangay Doña Aurora, Quezon City during the May 12, 1997 elections; directed the herein petitioner to vacate and turnover the office of...