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Consuelo Fa. Alvear Vs. Commission On Elections 103 Phil 643

CONSUELO FA. ALVEAR, petitioner, vs. THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, respondent.

G.R. No. L-13066 | 1958-04-30

D E C I S I O N


BAUTISTA ANGELO, J.:

This is a petition for certiorari and mandamus with preliminary injunction praying that respondent be ordered to give due course to her candidacy for senator and that the latter's resolution dated September 30, 1957 be declared null and void.

Petitioner is a qualified candidate for the office of senator, being a natural born Filipino citizen, 45 years of age, and a resident of the Philippines for not less than two years immediately prior to the last general elections. She filed her certificate of candidacy with respondent on August 13, 1957. On September 30, 1957, respondent adopted a resolution...