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Geromo, Jose vs. Commission on Elections, et al.

JOSE GEROMO, petitioner, vs. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, HONORABLE ASAALI S. ISNANI and PACIANO GUILLEN, respondents.

G.R. No. L-58578 | 1982-11-02

D E C I S I O N


MELENCIO-HERRERA, J.:

Sought in this Petition for Certiorari with Preliminary Injunction are the annulment of 1) the Decision of respondent Judge, dated 18 December 1980, annulling the proclamation of petitioner, Jose Geromo, as elected Mayor of Molave, Zamboanga del Sur; and 2) the Resolutions of respondent Commission on Elections (COMELEC) of 6 July 1981 affirming said Decision, and of 12 October 1981 denying reconsideration.

In the local election held on 30 January 1980, petitioner Jose Geromo, a mayoralty candidate under the banner of the Concerned Citizens Aggrupation (CCA for brevity), garnered 4,993 votes as...