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Lydia R. Pagaduan vs. COMELEC, et al.

LYDIA R. PAGADUAN, Petitioner, versus COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, ARTURO Y. CUSTODIO and TEODORICO B. CORNES, JR., Respondents

G.R. No. 172278 | 2007-03-29

D E C I S I O N
 


AUSTRIA-MARTINEZ, J.:

This resolves the Petition for Certiorari seeking to set aside the Resolution[1] of public respondent Commission on Elections First Division (COMELEC First Division) dated December 12, 2005 and the Resolution[2] of the Commission on Elections En Banc (COMELEC En Banc) dated April 3, 2006.

The antecedent facts, as accurately summarized in the Resolution of the COMELEC En Banc dated April 3, 2006, are as follows:


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Protestant [petitioner] and protestee [respondent Custodio] were candidates for Municipal Mayor of Zaragoza, Nueva Ecija. The Municipal Board of Canvassers of Zaragoza proclaimed Arturo...