In Re Manolito Fernandez

[BLR-A-LE-33-24-10-17. December 1, 2017.](CASE RO4A-LPO-LE-11-07-7-17)IN THE MATTER OF THE VALIDITY OF ELECTION CONDUCTED ON JUNE 30, 2017: PETITION TO DECLARE NULL AND VOID THE ELECTION OF OFFICERS AND STOP THE PROCLAMATIONMANOLITO FERNANDEZ, petitioner-appellant.RESOLUTIONThis resolves the Appeal Memorandum with Manifestation 1 of Manolito Fernandez from the Resolution dated 25 September 2017 of DOLE Regional Office No. IV-A Mediator-Arbiter Atty. Rosita C. Villaluz, the dispositive portion of which reads: In the view of the forgoing premises, the petition for nullification of the PIMA-Independent Local Union Election held on June 30, 2017 is hereby DENIED. The following union officers are hereby recognized as the duly elected union officers of PIMA-INDEPENDENT:xxx xxx xxxSO RESOLVED.The facts are as follows:Pag-asa at Ilaw ng mga Manggagawa sa Asia (PIMA, for brevity) is a legitimate labor organization with DOLE Registration Number RO400-2007-07-002-UR-LAG. Manolito Fernandez is a member of PIMA. He was the vice-president of PIMA but lost his bid as union president in the union election on 30 June 2017, with the following results:POSISYONKANDIDATOBILANG NGNAKUHANG BOTOPresidentFERNANDO ALONMANOLITO FERNANDEZROQUE POLIDO JR.12310191On 07 July 2017,...