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Virgilio Sanchez vs. Commission on Elections

VIRGILIO SANCHEZ, petitioner vs. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, respondent.

G.R. No. L-55513 | 1982-06-19

D E C I S I O N


MELENCIO-HERRERA, J.:

The Resolution of the Commission on Elections, dated May 15, 1980, in Pre- Proclamation Case No. 41, entitled Virgilio Sanchez vs. Mayor Armando P. Biliwang and the Municipal Board of Canvassers of San Fernando, Pampanga, is challenged in these consolidated Petitions for Certiorari.

In the local elections held on January 30, 1980, Virgilio Sanchez was the official candidate of the Nacionalista Party (NP) for Municipal Mayor of San Fernando, Pampanga, while Armando Biliwang was the Kilusang Bagong Lipunan's (KBL) official candidate for the same position. The latter was proclaimed winner by the...