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Roberto D. Ramas, et al. vs. COMELEC, et al.

ROBERTO D. RAMAS, FRANCISCO N. ORAIZ, JR., BENERANDO F. MIRANDA, GEORGE V. BATERNA, TOMAS R. LACIERDA, SR., and PEDRO T. CALIMOT, JR., petitioners, vs. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, RAUL F. FAMOR, PONCIANO P. CAJETA, MERLYN U. RABE, CRESENCIA C. BOISER, EDGAR S. REVELO, and JULIETO B. MABASCOG, respondents.

G.R. No. 130831 | 1998-02-10

D E C I S I O N

DAVIDE, JR., J:

The petitioners urge us in this special civil action for certiorari 1 under Rule 65 of the Rules of Court to set aside the 23 September 1997 Resolution 2 of public respondent Commission on Elections (hereafter COMELEC) in SPR No. 14-96, 3 which denied herein petitioners' petition for certiorari and prohibition to set aside and annul the order of Branch 29 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of Pagadian City in Election Protest Cases Nos. 07-95 to 12-95, inclusive, granting execution pending appeal of the judgment therein.

The petitioners and the private respondents were the official candidates of the...