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Jaime C. Regio Vs. Commission on Elections (COMELEC) and Ronnie C. Co

JAIME C. REGIO, Petitioner, vs. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS and RONNIE C. CO, Respondents.

G.R. No. 204828 | 2013-12-03

EN BANC

DECISION

VELASCO, JR., J.:

The Case

This Petition for Certiorari filed under Rule 64, in relation to Rule 65, seeks to nullify and set aside the Resolution dated December 7, 2012 of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) En Banc in EAC (BRGY-SK) No. 161-2011. The assailed Resolution reversed and set aside the Resolution of the COMELEC First Division dated August 23, 2011, which, in turn, affirmed the May 4, 2011 Decision in Election Case No. 02480-EC of the Metropolitan Trial Court (MeTC), Branch 4 in Manila.

The Facts

Petitioner Jaime C. Regio (Regio) and private respondent Ronnie C. Co (Co), among other candidates, ran in the October...