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Occe?a, Samuel C. vs. Commission on Elections

SAMUEL C. OCCE?A, petitioner, vs. THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, respondent.

G.R. No. L-60258 | 1984-01-31

D E C I S I O N


PLANA, J.:

This petition for prohibition seeks the declaration as unconstitutional of sections 4 and 22 of Batas Pambansa Blg. 222, otherwise known as the Barangay Election Act of 1982, insofar as it prohibits any candidate in the Barangay election of May 17, 1982 "from representing or allowing himself to be represented as a candidate of any political party . . . or prohibits a political party, political group, political committee . . . from intervening in the nomination of a candidate in the barangay election or in the filing of his certificate of candidacy, or giving aid or support directly or indirectly, material or...