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David vs. Comelec [DECISION]

JUAN T. DAVID, petitioner, VS. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS (COMELEC); LEONARDO B. PEREZ, Chairman-COMELEC; VENANCIO S. DUQUE, FLORES A. BAYOT, CASIMIRO R. MADARANG, VENANCIO L. YANEZA, COMMISSIONERS-COMELEC; JAIME LAYA, BUDGET COMMISSIONER; AND GREGORIO G. MENDOZA, NAT­IONAL TREASURER, respondents.

G.R. No. L-47803 | 1978-03-11

D E C I S I O N
 
ANTONIO, J.:
 
These six (6) consolidated petitions pose for the determination of this Court the constitutionality of specific provisions of the 1978 Election Code (Presidential Decree No. 1296).
 
I
 
The first issue posed for resolution is: Whether or not the voting system provided for in Sections 140 and 155, sub-paragraphs 26 to 28, of the 1978 Election Code, granting to the voter the option to vote either for individual candidates by filling in the proper spaces in the ballot the names of candidates he desires to elect, or to vote for all the candidates of a political party, group or aggrupation by...