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Lazaro Gayo vs. Violeta Verceles

LAZARO C. GAYO, Petitioner, versus VIOLETA G. VERCELES, Respondent.

G.R. No. 150477 | 2005-02-28

D E C I S I O N 
 
CALLEJO, SR., J.: 
 
Before us is a petition for review on certiorari of the Decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Agoo, La Union, Branch 32, in EPC A-07, dismissing a petition for quo warranto filed by petitioner Lazaro C. Gayo to declare as null and void the proclamation of respondent Violeta G. Verceles as Mayor of the Municipality of Tubao, La Union, during the May 14, 2001 elections. 
 
This case proceeded from the following antecedents: 
 
Sometime in 1977, the respondent migrated to the United States of America (U.S.A.) with her family to look for greener pastures. Although...