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OLIVIA DA SILVA CERAFICA, PETITIONER, VS. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, RESPONDENT.

OLIVIA DA SILVA CERAFICA, PETITIONER, VS. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 205136 | 2014-12-02

EN BANC
 
DECISION

PEREZ, J.:

For the consideration of the Court is the Special Civil Action for Certiorari under Rule 64 of the Revised Rules of Court, assailing the ruling of respondent Commission on Elections (Comelec) which cancelled the Certificate of Candidacy (COC) of Kimberly Da Silva Cerafica (Kimberly) and denied the substitution of Kimberly by petitioner Olivia Da Silva Cerafica (Olivia).
 
On 1 October 2012, Kimberly filed her COC for Councilor, City of Taguig for the 2013 Elections. Her COC stated that she was born on 29 October 1992, or that she will be twenty (20) years of age on the day of the elections,1 in...