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Villarosa vs COMELEC

MA. AMELITA C. VILLAROSA, petitioner, vs. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, and ATTY. DAN RESTOR, respondents. / RICARDO QUINTOS, necessary respondent.

G.R. No. 133927 | 1999-11-29

D E C I S I O N

GONZAGA_REYES, J.:

For the Court's resolution is the instant petition for certiorari and prohibition assailing Resolution dated May 11, 1998 of the Commission on Elections (hereafter, "COMELEC" or "the Commission")[1] on Election Matter No. 98-044, disallowing the use by petitioner of the nickname "JTV" for the purpose of her candidacy in the May 11, 1998 elections, and the COMELEC Resolution, dated May 13, 1998,[2] denying reconsideration of the earlier Resolution.

Petitioner was a candidate for Representative of the lone district of Occidental Mindoro in the May 11, 1998 elections and was...