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Marc Douglas IV C. Cagas Vs. Commission on Elections, et al.

MARC DOUGLAS IV C. CAGAS, Petitioner, vs. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, represented by its CHAIRMAN, ATTY. SIXTO BRILLANTES, JR., and the PROVINCIAL ELECTION OFFICER OF DAVAO DEL SUR, represented by ATTY. MA. FEBES BARLAAN, Respondents.

G.R. No. 209185 | 2013-10-25

EN BANC

RESOLUTION

CARPIO, J.:

This Resolution resolves the Petition for Prohibition,1 filed by Marc Douglas IV C. Cagas (Cagas), in his capacity as ta}(payer, to prohibit the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) from conducting a plebiscite for the creation of the province of Davao Occidental simultaneously with the 28 October 2013 Barangay Elections within the whole province of Davao del Sur, e}(cept in Davao City.

Cagas, while he was representative of the first legislative district of Davao del Sur, filed with Hon. Franklin Bautista, then representative of the second legislative district of the same...