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Ricardo P. Presbitero, Jr., et al. Vs. Commission on Elections, et al.

RICARDO P. PRESBITERO, JR., JANET PALACIOS, CIRILO G. ABRASIA, ARMANDO G. ALVAREZ, NENITO A. ARMAS, RENE L. CORRAL, JOEMARIE A. DE JUAN, ENRILICE C. GENOBIS, WILLIAM A. PRESBITERO and REYNO N. SOBERANO, Petitioners, versus COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, ROMMEL YOGORE, GLORY GOMEZ, DAN YANSON, JOENITO DURAN, SR., LUCIUS BODIOS and REY SUMUGAT, Respondents.

G.R. No. 178884 | 2008-06-30

DECISION


NACHURA, J.:

Before the Court is a petition for certiorari and prohibition assailing the June 25, 2007 Resolution[1] of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) in SPA No. 07-534.

Briefly stated, the antecedent facts and proceedings are as follows:

On May 10, 2007, the 4th Municipal Circuit Trial Court (MCTC) of Valladolid-San Enrique-Pulupandan, Negros Occidental, in separate resolutions[2] in 16 inclusion/exclusion cases,[3] ordered the municipal election officer (EO) of Valladolid to include the names of 946 individuals in the list of qualified voters of the said municipality for the May 14, 2007 elections. Prompted by the...