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Aksyon Magsasaka-Partido Tinig ng Masa (AKMA-PTM) Vs. Commission on Elections Abante Katutubo (Abante Ka), Flroilan M. Bacungan and Hermenegildo Dumlao

AKSYON MAGSASAKA PARTIDO TINIG NG MASA (AKMA-PTM), Petitioner, VS. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, Respondent, ABANTE KATUTUBO (ABANTE KA), FROILAN M. BACUNGAN and HERMENEGILDO DUMLAO, Petitioners-in-intervention

G.R. No. 207134 | 2015-06-16

EN BANC

DECISION
 
VILLARAMA, JR., J.:
 
Before us is a petition[1] for certiorari and mandamus under Rule 65 in relation to Rule 64 of the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure, as amended, with prayer for injunctive reliefs, assailing the respondent Commission on Elections (COMELEC) for alleged grave abuse of discretion in prematurely and erroneously allocating additional seats to certain party-list groups proclaimed as initial winners in the 2013 automated elections.
 
The Antecedents
 
Petitioner was among the accredited candidates for party-list representative during the national and local elections held on May 13, 2013.
 
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