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Caballero vs. COMELEC et al. [DECISION]

ROGELIO BATIN CABALLERO, PETITIONER, VS. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS AND JONATHAN ENRIQUE V. NANUD, JR., RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 209835 | 2015-09-22

D E C I S I O N
 
PERALTA, J.:
 
Before us is a petition for certiorari with prayer for issuance of a temporary restraining order seeking to set aside the Resolution[1] dated November 6, 2013 of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) En Banc which affirmed in toto the Resolution[2] dated May 3, 2013 of the COMELEC First Division canceling the Certificate of Candidacy (COC) of petitioner Rogelio Batin Caballero.

Petitioner[3] and private respondent Jonathan Enrique V. Nanud, Jr.[4] were both candidates for the mayoralty position of the Municipality of Uyugan, Province of Batanes in the May 13,...