Back

Filart vs. Commission on Elections, et al.

ALVARO FILART, petitioner, vs. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, MUNICIPAL BOARD OF CANVASSERS OF SAN GUILLERMO, ISABELA, and ARMANDO E. GALICIA, respondents.

G.R. No. L-35154 | 1973-10-26

D E C I S I O N

ANTONIO, J:
In this petition for certiorari and prohibition with preliminary injunction, Alvaro Filart seeks to annul the Resolution RR-1174, dated May 24, 1972, of the Commission on Elections (Comelec for short) in Case No. C-291, 1 which (1) set aside the proclamation of Alvaro Filart as mayor of the municipality of San Guillermo, Isabela; (2) declared the election returns from Precincts Nos. 13, 13-A and 13-B as spurious or manufactured; (3) refused to make a finding whether or not the returns from Precincts Nos. 10 and 10-A are spurious or prepared at gunpoint as they will not affect the results; and (4) directed the...