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Mayor Abelardo Abundo, Sr., vs. Commission on Elections (COMELEC) and Ernesto R. Vega

MAYOR ABELARDO ABUNDO, SR., Petitioner, vs. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS and ERNESTO R. VEGA, Respondents.

G.R. No. 201716 | 2013-01-08

EN BANC
D E C I S I O N
 
VELASCO, JR., J.:
 
The Case
 
In this Petition for Certiorari under Rule 65, petitioner Abelardo Abundo, Sr. (Abundo) assails and seeks to nullify (1) the February 8, 2012 Resolution1 of the Second Division, Commission on Elections (COMELEC), in EAC (AE) No. A-25-2010 and (2) the May 10, 2012 Resolution2 of the COMELEC en banc affirming that division's disposition. The assailed issuances, in turn, affirmed the Decision of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Virac, Catanduanes, Branch 43, dated August 9, 2010, in Election Case No. 55 declaring Abundo as ineligible, under the three-term limit rule, to run...