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Abang Lingkod Party-List (Abang Lingkod) Vs. Commission on Elections [Dissenting Opinion J. Leonen]

ABANG LINGKOD PARTY-LIST (ABANG LINGKOD), Petitioner, vs. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, Respondent. [Dissenting Opinion J. Leonen]

G.R. No. 206952 | 2013-10-22

EN BANC

DISSENTING OPINION

LEONEN, J.:

I dissent. This Petition should be denied.
 
The Commission on Elections did not gravely abuse its discretion so as to give due course to this Petition. Reversing the Commission on Elections in this case makes us party to the mockery of the electoral process done by the petitioner.

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