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Dimaporo Vs. COMELEC

IMELDA Q. DIMAPORO, Petitioner, versus COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS and VICENTE BELMONTE, Respondents.

G.R. No. 179285 | 2008-02-11

R E S O L U T I O N


REYES, R.T., J.:

UNDER consideration is a petition for certiorari via Rule 65 of the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure assailing the (1) Resolution[1] of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) Second Division dated July 10, 2007 and (2) Resolution[2] of the COMELEC En Banc promulgated on September 5, 2007.

The antecedent facts:

Petitioner Imelda Dimaporo and private respondent Vicente Belmonte were both candidates for Representative of the 1st Congressional District of Lanao del Norte during the May 14, 2007 elections.

The said legislative district is composed of seven (7) towns and one (1) city, namely: the...