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Legaspi vs. COMELEC [DISSENTING OPINION, VELASCO, JR.]

FELICIANO P. LEGASPI, PETITIONER, VS. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, ALFREDO GERMAR, AND ROGELIO P. SANTOS, JR., RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 216572 | 2015-09-01

DISSENTING OPINION


VELASCO, JR., J.:
 
Nature of the Case

For resolution is a Petition for Certiorari under Rule 64 of the Rules of Court assailing the January 28, 2015 Order[1] of public respondent Commission on Elections (COMELEC) in SPA No. 13-353 (DC). Said Order dismissed petitioner Feliciano Legaspi's Petition for Disqualification lodged against private respondents.
 
The Facts

Petitioner and private respondent Alfredo D. Germar (Germar) both ran as mayoralty candidates in Norzagaray, Bulacan in the May 13, 2013 elections. Meanwhile, private respondent Rogelio Santos (Santos) was a candidate for councilor in that...