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Regina Ongsiako Reyes Vs. Commission on Elections and Joseph Socorro B. Tan [Dissenting Opinion, J. Brion]

REGINA ONGSIAKO REYES, Petitioner, vs. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS and JOSEPH SOCORRO B. TAN, DISSENTING OPINION Respondents. [Dissenting Opinion, J. Brion]

G.R. No. 207264 | 2013-06-25

DISSENTING OPINION 

BRION ,J.: 

The petition before us is a petition for certiorari with a prayer for a temporary restraining order, preliminary injunction and/or status quo ante order, that seeks to annul: (1) the respondent Commission on Elections (COMELEC) March 27, 20132 and May 14, 20133 COMELEC Resolutions cancelling petitioner Regina Ongsiako Reyes' (petitioner or Reyes) Certificate of Candidacy ( COC) for the position of Representative in the lone district of Marinduque, and (2) the June 5, 2013 Certificate of Finality4 declaring the May 14, 2013 Resolution final and executory in SPA Case No. 13-053(DC). 

I. THE CASE...