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Dano vs. COMELEC etc.

JULIET B. DANO, Petitioner, vs. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS and MARIE KAREN JOY B. DIGAL, Respondents, MARIA EMILY D. DAGAANG, Petitioner-Intervenor, Present: SERENO, CJ, CARPIO, VELASCO, JR., LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, BRION, PERALTA, BERSAMIN,* DEL CASTILLO, PEREZ, MENDOZA, REYES, PERLAS-BERNABE, LEONEN, JARDELEZA, and CAGUIOA, JJ.

G.R. No. 210200 | 2016-09-13

Republic of the Philippines
Supreme Court
Manila
 
 
EN BANC
 
DECISION
 
SERENO, CJ:
 
This petition for certiorari,1 based on Rules 64 and 65 of the Revised Rules of Court, seeks to annul the following:
 
(1) the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) First Division Resolution2 cancelling the Certificate of Candidacy (COC) of petitioner Juliet B. Dano in the election case SPA No. 13-083 (DC); and
 
(2) the COMELEC En Banc Resolution3 denying petitioner's Motion for Reconsideration. The crux of the controversy is whether COMELEC committed grave abuse of discretion in concluding that petitioner, a candidate for mayor...