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Rudolfo I. Beluso Vs. Commission on Elections, et al.

RUDOLFO I. BELUSO, Petitioner, versus COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS and GABRIELA WOMEN'S PARTY, Respondents.

G.R. No. 180711 | 2010-06-22

DECISION


PERALTA, J.:

Before this Court is a Petition for Certiorari[1] under Rule 65 to set aside and annul a portion of the Resolution of the COMELEC dated April 26, 2007[2] and November 8, 2007,[3] which declared petitioner, Rudolfo I. Beluso, perpetually barred from serving in any capacity in any canvassing board of the COMELEC, in relation to Election Offense Case No. 04-117 (Gabriela Women's Party vs. Atty. Nelly Abao-Lee, et al.) for being erroneous and issued with grave abuse of discretion amounting to lack or in excess of jurisdiction.

The antecedent facts are as follows:

In 2004, during the canvassing of the party list votes...