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Mayor Emmanuel L. Maliksi Vs. Commission on Elections & Homer T. Saquilayan

MAYOR EMMANUEL L. MALIKSI, Petitioner, vs. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS and HOMER T. SAQUILAYAN, Respondents.

G.R. No. 203302 | 2013-03-12

EN BANC 

DECISION 

CARPIO, J.:

The Case

Before the Court is a petition for certiorari 1 assailing the 14 September  2012 Resolution2 of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) En Bane which affirmed the 15 August 2012 Resolution3 of the COMELEC First  Division in EAC (AE) No. A-22-2011.

The Antecedent Facts

Emmanuel L. Maliksi (Maliksi) and Homer T. Saquilayan  (Saquilayan) were both mayoralty candidates for the Municipality of Imus,  Cavite during the 10 May 2010 Automated National and Local Elections.  The Municipal Board of Canvassers (MBC) proclaimed Saquilayan as the  duly elected municipal mayor...