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Zarate vs COMELEC and Lallave

MARIVIC ZARATE, petitioner, vs. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS and JULIAN LALLAVE, JR., respondents.

G.R. No. 129096 | 1999-11-19

D E C I S I O N


PURISIMA, J.:

Before the Court is a Petition for Certiorari under Rule 65 of the Rules of Court ascribing grave abuse of discretion to the Commission on Elections in issuing its Resolution, dated April 24, 1997, annulling and setting aside the decision of the Municipal Trial Court of Malasiqui, Pangasinan, and declaring the private respondent, Julian Lallave, Jr., the duly elected Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) Chairman of Barangay Ican, Malasiqui, Pangasinan.

The antecedent facts are as follows:

During the 1996 Sangguniang Kabataan elections, respondent Julian Lallave, Jr. won over the petitioner, Marivic Zarate, by a...