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Cesar G. Manalo Vs. Commission on Electons, DILG and Ernesto M. Miranda

CESAR G. MANALO, Petitioner, -VERSUS- COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR and LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND ERNESTO M. MIRANDA, Respondents.

G.R. No. 201672 | 2013-08-13

EN BANC

DECISION
PEREZ, J.:

The Case

This Petition for Certiorari 1 seeks to reverse, nullify and set aside the Resolutions of Commission on Elections (COMELEC) Second Division dated 22 December 2011 2 and COMELEC En Banc dated 17 April 2012 3 which granted respondent Ernesto M. Miranda’s Petition for Certiorari and Prohibition with Prayer for Status Quo or Restraining Order.

The Antecedents

Petitioner Cesar G. Manalo (Manalo) and private respondent Ernesto M. Miranda (Miranda) were among the three candidates for Punong Barangay of Sta. Maria, Mabalacat, Pampanga during the 2010 Barangay and Sangguniang...