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Abolias R. Omar vs. Commission on Elections, et al.

ABOLAIS R. OMAR, petitioner, vs. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS and YASIN B. ALAPA, respondents.

G.R. No. L-53692 | 1981-02-03

D E C I S I O N


AQUINO, J.:

Abolais R. Omar, an Independent candidate (p. 1, Rollo), was proclaimed on February 4, 1980 by the municipal board of canvassers as the duly elected mayor of Madalum, Lanao del Sur. He obtained 775 votes, winning by 104 votes over his opponent, Hadji Yasin B. Alapa, the incumbent mayor and the candidate of the Kilusan ng Bagong Lipunan (KBL).

On the following day, February 5, Alapa, in an urgent petition, asked the Commission on Elections to set aside that proclamation on the ground that frauds and irregularities were committed in voting centers Nos. 3 and 5 (Barangays Linuk and Sugod). Alapa alleged that...