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Hidalgo vs.Marcos, et al

ERNESTO C. HIDALGO, petitioner, vs. HONORABLE FERDINAND MARCOS Y EDRALIN and COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, respondents.

G.R. No. L-47329 | 1977-12-09

D E C I S I O N

CASTRO, C.J p:

Considering the allegations, issues presented, and arguments adduced (a) in the petition for mandamus and/or prohibition, (b) in the Solicitor General's Comment on the petition, (c) in the petitioner's reply to the Comment, and (d) at the hearing on December 1, 1977, the Court, without passing upon the question of the suability of the President, considering that the Commission on Elections, which is the government entity called upon to implement Presidential Decree No. 1229, is impleaded, Resolved NOT to give due course to the petition and to DISMISS the same, for the reasons hereunder set forth.

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