Sirs/Mesdames:

Quoted hereunder, for your information, is a resolution of this Court dated MAY 10 2005.

G.R. No. 167731 (Manuelito Siwa, Jr. vs. Commission on Elections and Joseph Arevalo.)

In accordance with Rule 64 and other related provisions of the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure, as amended, governing review of judgments and final orders or resolutions of the Commission on Elections, only petitions which are accompanied by or which comply strictly with the requirements specified therein shall be entertained. On the basis thereof, the Court Resolved to DISMISS the instant petition for certiorari for non-compliance therewith, particularly for late filing of the petition and late payment of the legal fees in violation of Rule 64, Sections 3 and 5 (4^th par.) and Rule 46, Section 3 in relation to Rule 56, Section 2.

Puno, J., on sick leave.

Panganiban and Sandoval-Gutierrez, JJ., on leave.

Very truly yours,

LUZVIMINDA D. PUNO

Clerk of Court

(Sgd.) MA. LUISA D. VILLARAMA

Asst. Clerk of Court