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Fermin vs. Commission on Elections (Comelec)

MIKE A. FERMIN, Petitioner, versus COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS and UMBRA RAMIL BAYAM DILANGALEN, Respondents.

G.R. No. 179695 and G.R. No. 182369 | 2008-12-18

DECISION
 
NACHURA, J.:
 
These consolidated petitions provide a welcome avenue for the Court to dichotomize, once and for all, two popular remedies to prevent a candidate from running for an elective position which are indiscriminately interchanged by the Bench and the Bar, adding confusion to the already difficult state of our jurisprudence on election laws.

For the Court's resolution are two petitions for certiorari under Rule 64 in relation to Rule 65 of the Rules of Court: (1) G.R. No. 179695, which assails the June 29, 2007 Resolution[1] of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) 2nd Division in SPA No....