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Pantaleon V. Pelayo, Jr. vs. Commission On Elections, Et Al.

PANTALEON V. PELAYO, JR., petitioner, vs. THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, GAUDIOSO M. TIANGCO, RAUL B. PICHON, ELIAS B. LOPEZ, MANUEL C. SOTTO, MANUEL M. GARCIA, CORNELIO P. MASKARI?O, FELICIDAD SANTOS, CIPRIANO VILLAFUERTE, JR., DOMINGO VIDANES, TOMAS MONTEVERDE, JR., BENIGNO BANGOY, ANTONIO S. CASTILLO and BONIFACIO TAMAYO, respondents.

G.R. No. L-28869 | 1968-06-29

D E C I S I O N 


SANCHEZ, J.: 

The decisive issue raised in this, a petition for certiorari, 1 turns to the validity of the Commission on Elections' (Comelec) February 7, 1968 resolution annulling petitioner's proclamation of January 13, 1968 as the 10th councilor-elect of Davao City and directing the "new City Board of Canvassers of Davao City . . . to canvass and proclaim the 10th councilor-elect," and its March 14, 1968 resolution ruling out petitioner's move to reconsider, and ordering the "new City Board of Canvassers of Davao City to continue and complete the canvass of all the votes cast in all the precincts in the City of...