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Manuel B. Japzon Vs. Commission on Elections, et al.

MANUEL B. JAPZON, Petitioner, versus COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS and JAIME S. TY, Respondents.

G.R. No. 180088 | 2009-01-19

D E C I S I O N


CHICO-NAZARIO, J.:

This is a Petition for Review on Certiorari under Rules 64[1] and 65[2] of the Revised Rules of Court seeking to annul and set aside the Resolution[3] dated 31 July 2007 of the First Division of public respondent Commission on Elections (COMELEC) and the Resolution[4] dated 28 September 2007 of COMELEC en banc, in SPA No. 07-568, for having been rendered with grave abuse of discretion, amounting to lack or excess of jurisdiction.

Both petitioner Manuel B. Japzon (Japzon) and private respondent Jaime S. Ty (Ty) were candidates for the Office of Mayor of the Municipality of General Macarthur, Eastern...