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Librado M. Cabrera Vs. The Commission on Elections, et al.

LIBRADO M. CABRERA,Petitioner,versus THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS and MICHAEL D. MONTENEGRO,Respondents.

G.R. No. 182084 | 2008-10-06

DECISION


NACHURA, J.:

The petitioner in this case seeks from this Court the issuance of a certiorari writ to annul and modify, for having been issued allegedly with grave abuse of discretion, the November 20, 2007 Resolution[1] of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) First Division in SPR No. 18-2007, and the March 12, 2008 Resolution[2] of the COMELEC en banc affirming the said division ruling.

The relevant antecedent facts and proceedings follow.

Dissatisfied with the results of the mayoralty race in Taal, Batangas during the May 14, 2007 National and Local Elections, petitioner Librado M. Cabrera (Cabrera), the candidate who...