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Rolando Abad vs COMELEC, Judge Octavio Fernandez and Susanito Sarenas Jr

ROLANDO ABAD, JR., petitioner, vs. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS; HON. OCTAVIO A. FERNANDEZ, JR., Presiding Judge, Second Metropolitan Circuit Trial Court, General Natividad, Nueva Ecija; and SUSANITO SARENAS, JR., respondents.

G.R. No. 128877 | 1999-12-10

R E S O L U T I O N

QUISUMBING, J.:

This special civil action for certiorari seeks to annul the COMELEC En Banc Resolution in SPR No. 45-96, dated April 29, 1997. Petitioner ABAD had sought COMELEC's review of respondent Judge's orders issued in the election protest filed against private respondent SARENAS. In said Resolution, the COMELEC denied review, decreeing thus:

"WHEREFORE, considering that the June 3, 1996 Order of the Court a quo had already attained finality at the time of the filing of this Petition, thus, must remain undisturbed, and there being no showing that the drawing of lots mandated by the Court's Order dated October...