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In Re: Petition to Disqualify Atty. Leonard De Vera, etc. Oliver Owen L. Garcia, et al Vs. Atty. Leonard De Vera, et al

IN RE: PETITION TO DISQUALIFY ATTY. LEONARD DE VERA, ON LEGAL AND MORAL GROUNDS, FROM BEING ELECTED IBP GOVERNOR FOR EASTERN MINDANAO IN THE MAY 31, IBP ELECTIONS / OLIVER OWEN L. GARCIA, EMMANUEL RAVANERA and TONY VELEZ, petitioners, vs. ATTY. LEONARD DE VERA And IBP BOARD OF GOVERNORS, respondents.

A.C. No. 6052 | 2003-12-11

D E C I S I O N

TlNGA, J.:

This is a Petition[1] filed by Attys. Oliver Owen L. Garcia, Emmanuel Ravanera and Tony Velez, mainly seeking the disqualification of respondent Atty. Leonard De Vera "from being elected Governor of Eastern Mindanao" in the 16th Intergrated Bar of the Philippines ("IBP") Regional Governors' elections. Petitioner Garcia is the Vice-President of the Bukidnon IBP Chapter, while petitioners Ravanera and Velez are the past President and the incumbent President, respectively, of the Misamis Oriental IBP Chapter.


The facts as culled from the pleadings of the parties follow.

The election for the 16th IBP Board of...