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DESEDERIO O. MONREAL, PETITIONER, VS. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS AND FELIPE M. ALDAY, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. No. 184938] NESTOR RACIMO FORONDA, PETITIONER, VS. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS AND LEOPOLDO CRUZ MANALILI, RESPONDENTS.

DESEDERIO O. MONREAL, PETITIONER, VS. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS AND FELIPE M. ALDAY, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. No. 184938] NESTOR RACIMO FORONDA, PETITIONER, VS. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS AND LEOPOLDO CRUZ MANALILI, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 184935 | 2009-12-21

EN BANC
 
D E C I S I O N
 
ABAD, J.:
 
This case is about the application of the rule of prejudicial question to an election case and the applicability of the three-term limit rule on elective barangay officials.
 
The Facts and the Case
 
In G.R. No. 184935
 
Petitioner Desederio Monreal (Monreal) filed his certificate of candidacy for Punong Barangay of Barangay 178, District I, Caloocan City, in the October 29, 2007 barangay elections. But respondent Felipe M. Alday sought his disqualification by the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) in SPA 08-072 (BRGY.) under the three-term...