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Quinto vs. COMELEC

Thus, it was held that this restriction was overbroad since it applied to all appointive officials indiscriminately without regard to the degree of influence that their office may actually have.

In preparation for the upcoming 2010 National Elections, the Commission on Elections issued Resolution No. 8678 to govern the filing of Certificates of Candidacy for national and local positions.

Since they intend to run for elective office in the 2010 Elections, Department of Environment and Natural Resources Undersecretary Eleazar Quinto (running for Pangasinan congressman) and DENR Land Management Bureau Director Gerino Tolentino Jr. (running for Manila councilor) filed a petition for certiorari and prohibition to nullify sec. 4(a) of Resolution 8678.



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