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Victorino Salcedo II vs COMELEC & Ermelita Cacao Salcedo

VICTORINO SALCEDO II, petitioner, vs. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS and ERMELITA CACAO SALCEDO, respondents.

G.R. No. 135886 | 1999-08-16

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 Court of the en banc Resolution of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) dated October 6, 1998, which reversed the earlier Resolution issued by its Second Division on August 12, 1998.

From the pleadings and the annexes, the following uncontroverted facts have been established -

On February 18, 1968, Neptali P. Salcedo married Agnes Celiz, which marriage is evidenced by a certified true copy of the marriage contract issued by the Municipal Civil Registrar of Ajuy, Iloilo.[1] Without his first marriage having been dissolved, Neptali P....