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Pamatong vs. COMELEC

REV. ELLY CHAVEZ PAMATONG, ESQUIRE, Petitioner, versus COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, Respondent.

G.R. No. 161872 | 2004-04-13

R E S O L U T I O N 
 
Tinga, J.: 
 
Petitioner Rev. Elly Velez Pamatong filed his Certificate of Candidacy for President on December 17, 2003. Respondent Commission on Elections (COMELEC) refused to give due course to petitioner's Certificate of Candidacy in its Resolution No. 6558 dated January 17, 2004. The decision, however, was not unanimous since Commissioners Luzviminda G. Tancangco and Mehol K. Sadain voted to include petitioner as they believed he had parties or movements to back up his candidacy. 
 
On January 15, 2004, petitioner moved for reconsideration of Resolution No. 6558. Petitioner's...