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Reyes, Renato U. vs. Commission on Elections, et al.

RENATO U. REYES, petitioner, vs. THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS AND ERNESTO LIWANAG, respondents.

G.R. No. L-56385 | 1984-05-19

D E C I S I O N


FERNANDO, J.:

An earlier decision, Reyes v. Commission on Elections 1 is decisive of this controversy. Petitioner and public respondent Commission on Elections were the same parties in that certiorari and mandamus proceeding. This Court granted the writ of certiorari nullifying and setting aside the resolution of respondent Commission disqualifying petitioner to become a candidate and cancelling his certificate of candidacy for the position of municipal mayor of Bongabon, Oriental Mindoro. As it was issued, however, on February 7, 1980 although the petition for disqualification was filed on January 25, 1980, he was voted...