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Meynardo Sabili vs. Commission on Elections, et al.

MEYNARDO SABILI, Petitioner,vs.COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS and FLORENCIO LIBREA, Respondents.

G.R. No. 193261 | 2012-04-24

EN BANC


D E C I S I O N

 

SERENO, J.:

          Before us is a Petition for Certiorari under Rule 64 in relation to Rule 65 of the Rules of Court, seeking to annul the Resolutions in SPA No. 09-047 (DC) dated 26 January 2010 and 17 August 2010 of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC), which denied due course to and canceled the Certificate of Candidacy (COC) of petitioner Meynardo Sabili (petitioner) for the position of Mayor of Lipa City for the May 2010 elections. At the


heart of the controversy is whether petitioner Sabili had complied with the one-year residency requirement for...