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Jalosjos, Jr. vs. COMELEC and Erasmo

ROMEO M. JALOSJOS, JR., Petitioner, versus THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS and DAN ERASMO, SR., Respondents. / DAN ERASMO, SR., Petitioner, versus ROMEO M. JALOSJOS, JR. and HON. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, Respondents. / DAN ERASMO, SR., Petitioner, versus ROMEO M. JALOSJOS, JR., Respondent.

G.R. No. 192474 and G.R. No. 192704 and G.R. No. 193566 | 2012-06-26

EN BANC

D E C I S I O N

 

ABAD, J.:

 

 

          These cases reiterate the demarcation line between the jurisdiction of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) and the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal (HRET).

 

The Facts and the Case

 

          In May 2007 Romeo M. Jalosjos, Jr., petitioner in G.R. 192474, ran for Mayor of Tampilisan, Zamboanga del Norte, and won.  While serving as Tampilisan Mayor, he bought a residential house and lot in Barangay Veterans Village, Ipil, Zamboanga...