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Antonio vs. Comelec [DECISION]

RUFINO S. ANTONIO, JR., petitioner, vs. THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, JORGE A. ABAD, RENEE E. AGUDO and THE PROVINCIAL BOARD OF CANVASSERS, respondents. RENEE AGUDO, petitioners, vs. THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, ET AL., respondents.

G.R. No. L-31604 | 1970-04-17

D E C I S I O N
 
REYES, J.B.L., J.:
 
Petitions for writs of certiorari and prohibi­tion to review and set aside a Resolution of the Commission on Elections in its Case No. RR-698, dated 2 February 1970, whereby the Commission unanimously rejected the returns for 21 precincts of Itbayat,Ivana, Mahatao, Uyugan, and Sabtang, all of the province of Batanes, for having been "prepared at gunpoint"; annulled and set aside the proclamation of Rufino Antonio, Jr. by the Provin­cial Board of Canvassers on 13 November 1969; and by majority vote ordered said Board of Canvassers to convene...