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Henry Duenas vs House of Representatives

HENRY "JUN" DUENAS, JR., Petitioner, versus HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ELECTORAL TRIBUNAL and ANGELITO "JETT" P. REYES, Respondents

G.R. No. 191550 | 2010-05-04

D E C I S I O N

PERALTA, J.:

This resolves the Petition for Certiorari under Rule 65 of the Rules of Court praying that the Decision[1] of the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal (HRET) dated February 25, 2010 and its Resolution[2] dated March 18, 2010 be declared null and void ab initio.

Petitioner was proclaimed as the Congressman for the Second Legislative District of Taguig City. Private respondent filed an election protest with the HRET. After revision of ballots in 100% of the protested precincts and 25% of the counter-protested precincts, the case was submitted for resolution upon the parties' submission of memoranda. However,...