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2015-10-14 |
JARDELEZA, J. |
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| Before us are two consolidated petitions. G.R. Nos. 153745-46 involves a Petition for Review on Certiorari with Petition for Certiorari filed by Nemencio C. Pulumbarit to annul and set aside the Resolution[1] dated May 30, 2002 issued by the Court of Appeals (CA) in the consolidated cases CA-G.R. SP No. 61873 and CA-G.R. CV No. 69931. G.R. No. 166573, on the other hand, concerns a Petition for Review on Certiorari filed by Lourdes S. Pascual, Leonila F. Acasio and San Juan Macias Memorial Park, Inc. seeking the review of the Decision[2] dated September 28, 2004 rendered by the CA in CA-G.R. CV No. 69931 reversing the Decision[3] of Branch XX of the Regional Trial Court in Malolos, Bulacan in Civil Case No. 7250-M and ruling that the agreement entered into between the parties was a sale. | |||||
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2009-08-07 |
CARPIO, J. |
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| We also note that while Section 265 of BP 881 vests in the COMELEC the "exclusive power" to conduct preliminary investigations and prosecute election offenses, it likewise authorizes the COMELEC to avail itself of the assistance of other prosecuting arms of the government. In the 1993 COMELEC Rules of Procedure, the authority of the COMELEC was subsequently qualified and explained.[26] The 1993 COMELEC Rules of Procedure provides: Rule 34 - Prosecution of Election Offenses | |||||