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Barillo vs. Lantion [DECISION]

HON. HECTOR B. BARILLO, Acting Presiding Judge, MTC Guihulngan, Negros Oriental, Petitioner, versus HON. RALPH LANTION, HON. MEHOL K. SADAIN and HON. FLORENTINO A. TUASON, JR., The Commissioners of the Second Division, Commission on Elections, Manila; and WALTER J. ARAGONES, Respondents

G.R. No. 159117 | 2010-03-10

D E C I S I O N
 
LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, J.:
 
This treats of the two consolidated cases now before this Court, which are offshoots of an election protest case first filed before the Municipal Trial Court (MTC) of Guihulngan, Negros Oriental.

G.R. No. 159117 is a Petition for Certiorari[1] under Rule 65 of the Rules of Court, wherein petitioner Judge Hector B. Barillo (Judge Barillo) seeks the annulment of the Resolution[2] dated June 11, 2003 of the Second Division of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) in SPR No. 2-2003, finding Judge Barillo, then Acting Presiding Judge at the MTC of Guihulngan, Negros Oriental,...