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GIL TAROJA VILLOTA vs. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS and LUCIANO COLLANTES

GIL TAROJA VILLOTA, petitioner, vs. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS and LUCIANO COLLANTES, respondents.

G.R. No. 146724 | 2001-08-10

D E C I S I O N

YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:

This Petition for Certiorari seeks the reversal of the June 13, 2000 Order[1] of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) in EAC No. 5-2000, which dismissed petitioner's appeal from the decision[2] of the Metropolitan Trial Court of Manila, Branch 24, for failure of the petitioner to perfect his appeal on time; and the Resolution dated February 1, 2001,[3] denying petitioner's motion for reconsideration.

The antecedent facts are as follows:

In the May 12, 1997 barangay elections, petitioner was proclaimed as the Punong Barangay of Barangay 752, Zone 81, District V, over his opponent, herein private...