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Engle vs. Commission on Elections

VICE-MAYOR MARCELINA S. ENGLE, PETITIONER, VS. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS EN BANC AND WINSTON B. MENZON, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 215995 | 2016-01-19

D E C I S I O N
 
LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, J.:
 
Challenged in this petition for certiorari and prohibition under Rule in relation to Rule 65 of the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure is the Resolution[1] of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) En Banc dated January 20, 2015 which upheld the Resolution[2] of the COMELEC Second Division dated July 5, 2013, denying due course to and/or cancelling petitioner's certificate of candidacy; annulling her proclamation as the duly-elected Vice-Mayor of Babatngon, Leyte; and proclaiming private respondent in her stead.

Petitioner and private respondent vied for the position of Vice-Mayor of the...