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Quizon Vs. COMELEC

FLORANTE S. QUIZON, Petitioner, versus HON. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS (SECOND DIVISION), MANILA, ATTY. ARNULFO H. PIOQUINTO (ELECTION OFFICER, ANTIPOLO CITY) and ROBERTO VILLANUEVA PUNO, Respondents.

G.R. No. 177927 | 2008-02-15

DECISION


YNARES-SANTIAGO, J.:

This petition for mandamus with prayer for preliminary injunction seeks to compel the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) Second Division to resolve the petition and supplemental petition for disqualification and cancellation of certificate of candidacy filed by Florante S. Quizon against Roberto V. Puno.

The facts are as follows:

Petitioner Quizon and private respondent Puno were congressional candidates during the May 14, 2007 national and local elections.

On April 17, 2007, Quizon filed a Petition for Disqualification and Cancellation of Certificate of Candidacy[1] against Puno docketed as SPA-07-290....