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Villanueva vs. COMELEC & CLD

MAYOR AGNES VILLANUEVA, NOW INCUMBENT MEMBER OF THE SANGGUNIANG PANLALAWIGAN OF MISAMIS OCCIDENTAL, PETITIONER, VS. HONORABLE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, EN BANC, AND THE LAW DEPARTMENT OF THE COMELEC, MANILA, RESPONDENTS

G.R. No. 260116 | 2023-07-11

D E C I S I O N
 
GAERLAN, J.:
 
The present petition for certiorari[1] seeks to nullify the December 11, 2015[2] and January 21, 2022[3] Resolutions of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) in E.O. Case No. 11-092. The assailed Resolutions found probable cause to indict petitioner Agnes C. Villanueva (Villanueva) for violation of Section 261(f) of the Omnibus Election Code (OEC), and directed the COMELEC Law Department (CLD) to file the necessary information before the proper court.[4]

Villanueva was mayor of the municipality of Plaridel, Misamis Occidental from 2010 until her election to the Sangguniang...