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Resurreccion, Ramon B. , et al. Vs. Commission on Elections, et al.

RAMON B. RESURRECCION and FEDERICO A. POBLETE, petitioners, vs. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, FELICISIMO A. BAUTISTA, and RENATO BAY, respondents.

G.R. Nos. L-57219-20 | 1984-01-04

D E C I S I O N


FERNANDO, C.J.:

The very recital in the petition renders clear why this suit for certiorari against respondent Commission on Elections is doomed to fail. In the elections for municipal officials of Kawit, Cavite on January 30, 1980, petitioners Ramon B. Resurreccion and Federico A. Poblete were the official KBL candidates for Mayor and Vice-Mayor, while respondents Felicisimo A. Bautista and Renato Bay were the official candidates of the Nacionalista Party for such positions. 1 Petitioners, on January 31, 1980, were proclaimed by the Municipal Board of Canvassers of Kawit, Cavite as the duly elected Mayor and Vice-Mayor....