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Danilo Ferrer vs COMELEC & Rafael Grospe

DANILO FERRER, petitioner, vs. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS and RAFAEL M. GROSPE, respondents.

G.R. No. 139489 | 2000-04-10

R E S O L U T I O N

PARDO, J.:

The case before us is a petition for certiorari under Rule 64, 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure, as amended, to nullify the resolution of the Commission on Elections (Comelec), Second Division, promulgated on March 18, 1999 and resolution en banc, promulgated on July 27, 1999 reversing the decision of the Municipal Trial Court, Talavera, Nueva Ecija and declaring respondent Rafael M. Grospe as the duly elected Punong Barangay of Barangay Bantug Hacienda, Talavera, Nueva Ecija.

The facts are as follows:

Petitioner Dante B. Ferrer and private respondent Rafael M. Grospe were candidates for the position of...