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Tanada, Jr. vs. House of Representative [DECISION]

WIGBERTO "TOBY" R. TAÑADA, JR. Petitioner, vs. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ELECTORAL TRIBUNAL, ANGELINA "HELEN" D. TAN, and ALVIN JOHN S. TAÑADA, Respondents. Present: SERENO, C.J., CARPIO, VELASCO, JR.,* LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, BRION,** PERALTA,* BERSAMIN,* DEL CASTILLO, PEREZ, MENDOZA, REYES, PELAS-BERNABE, LEONEN, JARDELEZA, and CAGUIOA, JJ.

G.R. No. 217012 | 2016-03-01

DECISION
 
CARPIO, J.:

The Case

G.R. No. 217012 is a petition for certiorari1 assailing the Resolutions promulgated on 25 September 20142 and 22 January 20153 by the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal (HRET) in HRET Case No. 13-018 (EP). The HRET dismissed Wigberto "Toby" R. Tanada, Jr. 's (Wigberto) election protest ad cautelam on two grounds:

For being insufficient in form and substance, and for lack of jurisdiction to pronounce and declare Alvin John S. Tanada (Alvin John) as a nuisance candidate.

The Facts

The HRET recited the facts as follows:

Culled from the records and the submissions of the parties herein, as...