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Celso Lopez Ocate vs. Commission on Elections

CELSO LOPEZ OCATE, Petitioner, versus COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS and ANGELITO M. LOPEZ, Respondents.

G.R. No. 170522 | 2006-11-20

EN BANC
 
D E C I S I O N 
 
CARPIO, J.: 
 
The Case 
 
This is a petition for certiorari[1] assailing the Resolution dated 13 July 2005[2] of the Second Division of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) and the Resolution dated 12 November 2005[3] of the COMELEC En Banc. The 12 November 2005 Resolution affirmed en toto the findings of the COMELEC Second Division. The COMELEC Second Division affirmed with modification the Decision dated 4 August 2004[4] of Branch 23, Metropolitan Trial Court of Manila ("trial court"). 
 
The trial court proclaimed respondent Angelito M. Lopez...