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Bulilis vs. Nuez

CERIACO BULILIS, PETITIONER, VS. VICTORINO NUEZ, HON. PRESIDING JUDGE, 6TH MCTC, UBAY, BOHOL, HON. PRESIDING JUDGE, RTC, BRANCH 52, TALIBON, BOHOL, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 195953 | 2011-08-09

R E S O L U T I O N
 
LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, J.:
 
On October 25, 2010, petitioner Ceriaco Bulilis (Bulilis) was proclaimed winner of the elections for punong barangay of Barangay Bulilis, Ubay, Bohol.  He won over respondent Victorino Nuez (Nuez) by a margin of four (4) votes.  On November 2, 2010, Nuez filed an Election Protest[1] (for judicial recount and annulment of proclamation) with the 6th Municipal Circuit Trial Court (MCTC) of Ubay, Bohol.  It was inexplicably docketed as Civil Case No. 134-10.

On November 5, 2010, Bulilis, through counsel, filed an Answer,[2] denying the allegations in...