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JAIME T. TORRES vs HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ELECTORAL TRIBUNAL and NINFA GARIN

JAIME T. TORRES, petitioner, vs. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ELECTORAL TRIBUNAL and NINFA GARIN, respondents.

G.R. No. 144491 | 2001-02-06

D E C I S I O N

GONZAGA-REYES, J.:

Assailed in this special civil action for certiorari is the July 13, 2000 Resolution[1] of the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal dismissing the election protest of herein petitioner Jaime T. Torres in HRET Case No. 98-017; and the August 3, 2000 Resolution thereof denying petitioner's motion for reconsideration. Petitioner Torres questioned the election of private respondent Ninfa S. Garin as Member of the House of Representatives representing the First Legislative District of Iloilo.

Petitioner Jaime T. Torres and private respondent Ninfa S. Garin were among the candidates for the said...