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Tallado vs. COMELEC

GOVERNOR EDGARDO A. TALLADO, PETITIONER, VS. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, NORBERTO B. VILLAMIN, AND SENANDRO M. JALGALADO, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 246679 | 2019-09-10

D E C I S I O N
 
BERSAMIN, C.J.:
 
Once the order of the Office of the Ombudsman to dismiss an elective local official is executed, the dismissed official thereby loses title to the office even if he or she has filed a timely appeal assailing the dismissal which would have prevented it from attaining finality. The loss of title to the office constitutes an involuntary interruption of the official's service of his or her full term.
 
The Case

Before the Court is the petition for certiorari initiated under Rule 64 of the Rules of Court by the petitioner assailing the resolution promulgated on March 29, 2019 by the...