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CONSTANCIO F. MENDOZA, Petitioner, vs. SENEN C. FAMILARA and COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, Respondents.

CONSTANCIO F. MENDOZA, Petitioner, vs. SENEN C. FAMILARA and COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, Respondents.

G.R. No. 191017 | 2011-11-15



Republic of the Philippines
SUPREME COURT
Manila


EN BANC


G.R. No. 191017               November 15, 2011


CONSTANCIO F. MENDOZA, Petitioner,

vs.

SENEN C. FAMILARA and COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, Respondents.


R E S O L U T I O N


PEREZ, J.:


This petition raises a far from novel issue, i.e., the constitutionality of Section 21 of Republic Act No. 9164 (entitled "An Act Providing for Synchronized Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections, amending RA No. 7160, as amended, otherwise known as the Local Government Code of 1991"). As other barangay officials had done in previous cases,2 petitioner Constancio F. Mendoza...