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Nelson Cundangan Vs. the COMELEC, et al

NELSON CUNDANGAN, Petitioner, versus THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS and CELESTINO V. CHUA, Respondents.

G.R. No. 174392 | 2007-08-28

DECISION


QUISUMBING, J.:

This petition for certiorari assails the Resolution[1] dated October 25, 2005 of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) First Division and the Resolution[2] dated August 18, 2006 of the COMELEC En Banc in EAC No. 174-2003. The Resolution dated October 25, 2005 reversed the trial court's Decision dated September 26, 2003, while the Resolution dated August 18, 2006 denied Cundangan's Motion for Reconsideration and affirmed with modification the challenged Resolution dated October 25, 2005.

The antecedent facts are as follows:

Cundangan and Chua were candidates for Punong Barangay for Barangay Sumilang, Pasig City...