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SALVADOR D. VIOLAGO, SR. Petitioner,vs.COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS and JOAN V. ALARILLA, Respondents.

Salvador D. Violago, Sr. vs. Commission on Elections and Joan V. Alarilla

G.R. No. 194143 | 2011-10-04

EN BANC

DECISION

PERALTA, J.:

Before the Court is a special civil action for certiorari under Rule 65 of the Rules of Court seeking to set aside the August 12, 2010 Order of the 2nd Division of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) and the Order of the COMELEC en banc dated September 21, 2010 in EPC No. 2010-23. The August 12, 2010 Order dismissed the election protest filed by herein petitioner against herein private respondent, while the September 21, 2010 Order denied petitioner’s Motion for Reconsideration.

The factual and procedural antecedents of the case are as follows:

Herein petitioner and private respondent were candidates for the...