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Undersecretary Panadero etc. vs. Commission on Election

UNDERSECRETARY AUSTERE A. PANADERO AND REGIONAL DIRECTOR RENE K. BURDEOS, BOTH OF THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT (DILG), PETITIONERS, VS. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, RESPONDENT. [G.R. NO. 215726] UNDERSECRETARY AUSTERE A. PANADERO AND REGIONAL DIRECTOR RENE K. BURDEOS, BOTH OF THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT (DILG), PETITIONERS, VS. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS AND MOHAMMAD EXCHAN GABRIEL LIMBONA, RESPONDENTS. [G.R. NO. 216158] MANGONDAYA ASUM TAGO, PETITIONER, VS. COMELEC AND MOHAMMAD EXCHAN GABRIEL LIMBONA, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. No. 215548 | 2016-04-05

D E C I S I O N
 
REYES, J.:
 
Before the Court are consolidated petitions for certiorari docketed as G.R. No. 215548,[1] G.R. No. 215726[2] and G.R. No. 216158,[3] which assail the Resolutions dated November 17, 2014[4] and January 5, 2015[5] of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) en bane, in EM. No. 14-005, citing Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Undersecretary Austere A. Panadero (Usec. Panadero), DILG Regional Director Rene K. Burdeos (RD Burdeos) and Mangondaya Asum Tago (Tago) (petitioners) in indirect contempt and providing penalties therefor, following the DILG's...