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JAMELA SALIC MARUHOM, PETITIONER, VS. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, AND MOHAMMADALI "MERICANO" A. ABINAL, RESPONDENTS.

JAMELA SALIC MARUHOM, PETITIONER, VS. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, AND MOHAMMADALI "MERICANO" A. ABINAL, RESPONDENTS.

G. R. No. 179430 | 2009-07-27

EN BANC
 
D E C I S I O N
 
CHICO-NAZARIO, J.:
 
Before Us is a Petition for Certiorari[1] with Prayer for the Issuance of a Temporary Restraining Order and/or Writ of Preliminary Injunction assailing the Resolution[2] dated 21 August 2007 of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) En Banc and Resolution[3] dated 8 May 2007 of the COMELEC First Division, both pertaining to SPA No. 07-093.

The facts gathered from the records are as follows:

Petitioner Jamela Salic Maruhom (Maruhom) and private respondent Mohammadali "Mericano" A. Abinal (Abinal) were mayoralty candidates in the Municipality of...