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Nepomuceno, Cesar et al. Vs. Commission on Elections, et al.

CESAR NEPOMUCENO, LEON ARCILLAS and RUBEN AVENIDO, petitioners, vs. THE HON. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS and OSCAR LASERNA, respondents.

G.R. No. L-60601 | 1983-12-29

D E C I S I O N


ESCOLIN, J.:

This is the third time that petitioners have come to this Court to challenge the actuations of the respondent Commission on Elections in PDC Case No. 65, entitled "Oscar Laserna, Petitioner, versus Cesar Nepomuceno, et al., Respondents."

Petitioners Cesar Nepomuceno, Leon Arcillas and Ruben Avenido were the official candidates of the Nacionalista Party in the 1980 local elections for the positions of mayor, vice-mayor and member of the Sangguniang Bayan, respectively, of Sta. Rosa, Laguna. On January 14, 1980, private respondent Oscar Laserna filed a petition before the COMELEC, docketed as PDC Case No. 65,...