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FELOMINO V. VILLAGRACIA, G.R. No. 168296Petitioner,
Present:
PUNO, CJ , QUISUMBING,
YNARES-SANTIAGO, SANDOVAL-GUTIERREZ, CARPIO,
AUSTRIA-MARTINEZ,
- ers!s - CORONA, CARPIO MORALES, CALLE"O, SR#, AZCUNA, TINGA,
C$ICO-NAZARIO, GARCIA, %n& VELASCO, "R#, JJ.
COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS Pro'!()%te&:and RENATO V. DE LA
PUNTA,
Res*on&ents# "%n!%r+ , .//0
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D E C I S I O N
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