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[G.R. No. 137004. July 26, 2000.]

On June 3, 1998, Fariñas took his oath of office as a member of the House of
Representatives.

On June 10, 1998, petitioner herein filed his "Petition-In-Intervention" in COMELEC

Case No. SPA 98-227. Petitioner averred that he was the official candidate of the Liberal
Party (LP) in said elections for Congressman, and stood to be adversely affected by
Case No. SPA 98-227. Guerrero contended that Fariñas, having failed to file his
Certificate of Candidacy on or before the last day therefor, being midnight of March 27,
1998
 ARNOLD V. GUERRERO, Petitioner, v. THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, HON.
MANUEL B. VILLAR, JR., as the Speaker of the House of Representatives, 11th
Congress, HON. ROBERTO P. NAZARENO, as the Secretary General of the
House of Representatives, 11th Congress, RODOLFO C. FARIÑAS and
GUILLERMO R. RUIZ, Respondents.

DECISION

QUISUMBING, J.:

Before the Court is a petition for certiorari, prohibition, and mandamus, with prayer for
a temporary restraining order and/or preliminary injunction, under Rule 65 of the Rules
of Court. It assails the Order of the Commission on Elections, Second Division, dated
May 10, 1998, in COMELEC Case No. SPA 98-227, which dismissed the petition filed by
herein respondent Guillermo C. Ruiz to disqualify respondent Rodolfo C. Fariñas as a
candidate for the elective office of Congressman in the first district of Ilocos Norte
during the May 11, 1998 elections. It also assails the Resolution dated May 16, 1998, of
the COMELEC En Banc, denying the motion for reconsideration filed by respondent Ruiz
and dismissing the petition-in-intervention filed by herein petitioner Arnold V.
Guerrero. chanrob1es virtua1 1aw 1ibrary

In the Second Division of the COMELEC, Ruiz sought to perpetually disqualify

respondent Fariñas as a candidate for the position of Congressman. 1 Ruiz alleged that