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Repol vs. COMELEC

NOEL Y. REPOL, PETITIONER, VS. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS AND VIOLETO CERACAS, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 161418 | 2004-04-28

 
D E C I S I O N
 
CARPIO, J.:
 
The Case

Petitioner Noel Y. Repol (“Repol”) filed this Petition for Certiorari[1] on 21 January 2004 alleging that the Commission on Elections (“COMELEC”) First Division[2] committed grave abuse of discretion in issuing the Order dated 12 January 2004 (“Order”) in SPR Case No. 1-2004. The Order directed “the parties to maintain the STATUS QUO ANTE, which is the condition prevailing before the issuance and implementation of the questioned Order of the court a quo dated January 5, 2004 in Election Case No. T-001 entitled, ‘Noel...