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Pu?gutan vs. Abubakar, et al

ABDULGAFAR PU?GUTAN, petitioner, vs. BENJAMIN ABUBAKAR, COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, and THE PROVINCIAL BOARD OF CANVASSERS OF SULU, respondents.

G.R. No. L-33541 | 1972-01-20

D E C I S I O N


FERNANDO, J:

The resolution of respondent Comelec 1 now assailed in this petition for review, was undoubtedly motivated by the objective of insuring free, orderly and honest elections in the discharge of its constitutional function to enforce and administer electoral laws. 2 It excluded from the canvass for the election of delegates for the lone district of the province of Sulu the returns from 107 precincts of Siasi, 56 precincts of Tapul, 67 precinct of Parang and 60 precincts of Luuk for being spurious of manufactured and therefore no returns at all. Unless set aside then, petitioner Abdulgafar Puñgutan, who...