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Fernando Batul vs Lucilo Bayron and COMELEC (1st Div)

FERNANDO U. BATUL, petitioner, vs. LUCILO BAYRON and COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS (First Division), respondents.

G.R. No. 157687 | 2004-02-26

D E C I S I O N

CARPIO, J.:

The Case

Before us are two (2) consolidated petitions for certiorari[1] with prayers for temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction. In G.R. No. 157687, petitioner Fernando U. Batul ("Batul") assails the Orders dated 12 February 2003 and 21 March 2003 of the Commission on Elections ("COMELEC") First Division[2] in Election Protest Case No. 2001-19 ("EPC No. 2001-19"). In G.R. No. 158959, Batul challenges the Order and Writ of Execution dated 21 July 2003 also issued by the COMELEC First Division in the same case.

The Antecedents

Batul and respondent Lucilo R. Bayron ("Bayron") were candidates for...