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Arturo Tolentino and Arturo Mojica vs Commission on Elections (COMELEC), Ralph Recto 420 SCRA 438

ARTURO M. TOLENTINO and ARTURO C. MOJICA, petitioners, vs. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, SENATOR RALPH G. RECTO and SENATOR GREGORIO B. HONASAN, respondents.

G.R. No. 148334 | 2004-01-21

D E C I S I O N

CARPIO, J.:


The Case

This is a petition for prohibition to set aside Resolution No. NBC 01-005 dated 5 June 2001 ("Resolution No. 01-005") and Resolution No. NBC 01-006 dated 20 July 2001 ("Resolution No. 01-006") of respondent Commission on Elections ("COMELEC"). Resolution No. 01-005 proclaimed the 13 candidates elected as Senators in the 14 May 2001 elections while Resolution No. 01-006 declared "official and final" the ranking of the 13 Senators proclaimed in Resolution No. 01-005.


The Facts

Shortly after her succession to the Presidency in January 2001, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo nominated then Senator Teofisto T....