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Bungcaras vs. COMELEC et al.

JOCELYN "JOY" LIM-BUNGCARAS, PETITIONER, VS. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS (COMELEC) AND RICO RENTUZA, RESPONDENTS. HERMENEGILDO S. CASTIL, PETITIONER, VS. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS (COMELEC) AND RACHEL B. AVENDULA, RESPONDENTS. JESUS AVENDULA, JR., DOMINGO RAMADA, JR. AND VICTOR RAMADA, PETITIONERS, VS. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS (COMELEC), MANUEL O. CALAPRE, SATURNINO V. CINCO, FERNAN V. SALAS, ANTONIO DALUGDUGAN, FEDERICO C. JAPON, SANTIAGO M. SANTIAGO, JACINTA O. MALUBAY AND BELEN G. BUNGCAG, , RESPONDENTS. [G.R. No. 210002] ALDRIN B. PAMAOS, PETITIONER, VS. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, MANUEL O. CALAPRE, SATURNINO V. CINCO, FERNAN V. SALAS, ANTONIO DALUGDUGAN, FEDERICO C. JAPON, SANTIAGO M. SANTIAGO, JACINTA O. MALUBAY AND BELEN G. BUNGCAG, RESPONDENTS.

G.R. Nos. 209415-17 | 2016-11-15

D E C I S I O N
 
LEONARDO-DE CASTRO, J.:
 
The consolidated petitions before this Court are offshoots of related election protest cases first instituted before the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of San Juan, Southern Leyte, Branch 26.

These petitions for certiorari[1] were filed under Rule 64 in relation to Rule 65 of the Rules of Court, assailing (a) the three Orders[2] dated February 1, 2011 of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) First Division; and (b) the Resolution[3] dated September 6, 2013 of the COMELEC En Banc in EAC (AE) Nos. A-57-2010, A-58-2010, and A-59-2010.

In G.R. Nos. 209415-17, the...