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Pacificador vs. COMELEC

ARTURO F. PACIFICADOR AND JOVITO C. PLAMERAS, JR., PETITIONERS VS. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS (FIRST DIVISION) COMPRISED OF HON. COMMISSIONERS RESURRECION BORRA AND ROMEO A. BRAWNER, THE NEW SPECIAL PROVINCIAL BOARD OF CANVASSERS OF THE PROVINCE OF ANTIQUE COMPRISED OF ATTY. DAISY DACUDAO-REAL, ATTY. JESSIE SUAREZ AND ATTY. MAVIL V. MAJARUCON, AND SALVACION Z. PEREZ, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 178259 | 2009-03-13

EN BANC
 
D E C I S I O N
 
CARPIO MORALES, J.:
 
The present petition, the Court gathers from its allegations, is one for Certiorari, [1] Prohibition and Injunction.

During the May 14, 2007 elections, Arturo F. Pacificador and Jovito C. Plameras, Jr. (petitioners), and Salvacion Z. Perez (private respondent), then the incumbent Governor of Antique, ran as candidates for the position of Governor.

Alleging violation of Section 261,[2] paragraphs O, V and W of the Omnibus Election Code, petitioners filed on April 23, 2007 with the Office of the Provincial Election Supervisor a case[3] for disqualification...