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Coquilla vs COMELEC and Mr Neil Alvarez

TEODULO M. COQUILLA, petitioner, vs. THE HON. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS and MR. NEIL M. ALVAREZ, respondents.

G.R. No. 151914 | 2002-07-31

D E C I S I O N

MENDOZA, J.:
 
This is a petition for certiorari to set aside the resolution,[1] dated July 19, 2001, of the Second Division of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC), ordering the cancellation of the certificate of candidacy of petitioner Teodulo M. Coquilla for the position of mayor of Oras, Eastern Samar in the May 14, 2001 elections and the order, dated January 30, 2002, of the COMELEC en banc denying petitioner's motion for reconsideration.
 
 
The facts are as follows:
 
 
Petitioner Coquilla was born on February 17, 1938 of Filipino parents in Oras, Eastern Samar. He grew up and resided there until...