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[G.R. No. 191017 : November 15, 2011]

CONSTANCIO F. MENDOZA, PETITIONER, VS. SENEN C. FAMILARA AND COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, RESPONDENTS.

R E S O L U T I O N


PEREZ, J.:

This petition raises a far from novel issue, i.e., the constitutionality of Section 21 of Republic Act No. 9164 (entitled "An Act Providing for Synchronized Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections, amending RA No. 7160, as amended, otherwise known as the Local Government Code of 1991"). As other barangay officials had done in previous cases,2 petitioner Constancio F. Mendoza (Mendoza) likewise questions the retroactive application of the three-consecutive term limit imposed on barangay elective officials beginning from the 1994 barangay elections.

We here have a special civil action, designated by Mendoza as a petition for review on certiorari under Rule 64 in relation to Rule 65 of the Rules of Court,
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