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KAISER B. RECABO, JR., petitioner, vs. THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS and FRANCISCO R. REYES, JR., respondents.

KAISER B. RECABO, JR., petitioner, vs. THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS and FRANCISCO R. REYES, JR., respondents.

G.R. No. 134293 | 1999-06-21

D E C I S I O N

GONZAGA_REYES, J.:

This is a petition for certiorari under Rule 65 of the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure seeking to annul the resolution dated May 8, 1998 of the First Division of the Commission on Elections[1] ("the Commission"), canceling the certificate of candidacy of petitioner Kaiser B. Recabo, Jr., and the resolution dated July 1, 1998 of the Commission en banc, denying petitioner's motion for reconsideration.

The antecedents as found by the Commission in the resolution dated May 8, 1998 are:

"It appears that on March 27, 1998, petitioner Francisco R. Reyes, Jr. filed his certificate of candidacy (Annex A,...