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Pimentel vs. Comelec [DECISION]

AQUILINO L. PIMENTEL III, Petitioner, versus THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS EN BANC SITTING AS THE NATIONAL BOARD OF CANVASSERS, THE SPECIAL PROVINCIAL BOARD OF CANVASSERS FOR MAGUINDANAO CHAIRED BY ATTY. EMILIO S. SANTOS, and JUAN MIGUEL F. ZUBIRI, Respondents.

G.R. No. 178413 | 2008-03-13

D E C I S I O N
 
CHICO-NAZARIO, J.:
 
On 4 July 2007, petitioner Aquilino L. Pimentel III (Pimentel) filed the present Petition for Certiorari and Mandamus(with Urgent Prayer for Temporary Restraining Order and/or Status Quo Ante Order).[1]

The Petition stemmed from the 14 May 2007 national elections for 12 senatorial posts. At the time of filing of the Petition, around two months after the said elections, the 11 candidates with the highest number of votes had already been officially proclaimed and had taken their oaths of office as Senators. With other candidates conceding, the only remaining contenders for...