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Nilo L. Dojillo vs. Commission on Elections, et al

NILO L. DOJILLO, Petitioner, versus COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS and RODRIGO N. VIDAL, Respondents.

G.R. No. 166542 | 2006-07-25

EN BANC

D E C I S I O N 

CARPIO, J.: 

The Case

This is a petition for certiorari[1] of the Order dated 29 April 2003[2] and the Resolution dated 3 January 2005[3] of the Commission on Elections En Banc ("COMELEC En Banc"). The 3 January 2005 Resolution affirmed with modification the findings of the Commission on Elections' Second Division ("COMELEC Second Division"). The COMELEC Second Division reversed the Decision dated 8 August 2002[4] of the 4th Municipal Circuit Trial Court of San Fabian, San Jacinto, Pangasinan ("trial court"). 

The trial court proclaimed petitioner Nilo L. Dojillo ("petitioner") the duly elected Punong...