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Guro vs. COMELEC & Guro

SARIPODEN ARIMAN GURO, PETITIONER, VS. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS AND SOMERADO MALOMALO GURO, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 234345 | 2021-06-22

D E C I S I O N
 
ROSARIO, J.:
 
Petitioner assails on certiorari, under Rule 64 in relation to Rule 65 of the Rules of Court, the Resolution[1] dated September 25, 2017 of public respondent Commission on Elections (COMELEC) En Banc in SPA No. 16-­086 (DC) which affirmed the Order dated October 19, 2016 of the COMELEC First Division denying his petition to disqualify private respondent on account of his alleged ineligibility to run as municipal mayor during the May 2016 National and Local Elections (NLE).
 
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The factual antecedents are as follows:
 
On October 16, 2015, private respondent filed his...