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de Leon, Rodolfo vs. Conrado Lindo, et al.

RODOLFO DE LEON, petitioner, vs. CONRADO LINDO and THE HONORABLE JUDGE PABLO D. SUAREZ, respondents.

G.R. No. L-53914 | 1984-09-30

D E C I S I O N


FERNANDO, C.J.:

An indication of the intensity of the rivalry for the position of Mayor of Ternate, Cavite, between petitioner Rodolfo de Leon, the KBL official candidate, and respondent Conrado Lindo, a KBL member who ran as an independent candidate, may be discerned from the fact that the former filed two suits against the latter in this Court. In our decision promulgated last April 30, 1 we affirmed a decision of respondent Commission on Elections dismissing a case for disqualification against private respondent Lindo on the ground of turncoatism. For petitioner had been proclaimed mayor after the January 30 election,...