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Mozart P. Panlaqui vs. Commission on Elections (COMELEC) and Nardo M. Velasco

MOZART P. PANLAQUI, Petitioner, versus COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS and NARDO M. VELASCO, Respondents

G.R. No. 188671 | 2010-02-24

D E C I S I O N

CARPIO MORALES, J.:

The present petition is one for certiorari.

Petitioner Mozart Panlaqui (Panlaqui) assails the Commission on Elections (Comelec) En Banc Resolution of June 17, 2009 denying his motion for proclamation, which he filed after this Court affirmed in G.R. No. 180051[1] the nullification of the proclamation of private respondent Nardo Velasco (Velasco) as mayor of Sasmuan, Pampanga.

Velasco was born in Sasmuan on June 22, 1952 to Filipino parents. He married Evelyn Castillo on June 29, 1975. In 1983, he moved to the United States where he subsequently became a citizen.

Upon Velasco's application for dual...