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Renato M. Federico Vs. Commission on Elections, COMELEC Executive Director and Osmundo M. Maligaya

RENATO M. FEDERICO, Petitioner, vs. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, COMELEC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR and OSMUNDO M. MALIGAYA, Respondents.

G.R. No. 199612 | 2013-01-22



EN BANC

D E C I S I O N


MENDOZA, J.:

This is a petition for certiorari under Rule 65, in relation to Rule 64, of the Rules of Court, assailing the December 21, 2011 Resolution1 of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) En Bane. in SPC No. 10-082, entitled In Re: Petition to Annul the Proclamation of Respondent Renato M. Federico, Osmundo M. Maligaya v. Renato M. Federico and the Municipal Board of Canvassers of Santo Tomas, Batangas.

The Facts

Edna Sanchez (Edna) and private respondent Osmundo M. Maligaya (Maligaya) were candidates for the position of municipal mayor of Sto. Tomas, Batangas, in the May 10, 2010 Automated National and Local...