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Doruelo, Esteban D. vs. Commission on Elections, et al.

ESTEBAN D. DORUELO, petitioner, vs. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS and TOMAS D. BAGA, JR., respondents.

G.R. No. L-67746 | 1984-11-21

D E C I S I O N


ESCOLIN, J.:

Assailed in this petition for review on certiorari and prohibition with prayer for the issuance of a writ of preliminary prohibitory injunction is the Minute Resolution dated June 14, 1984 issued by respondent Commission on Elections [COMELEC] in Pre-Proclamation Case No. 66-84, entitled "Doruelo v. Baga, et al." 1

Petitioner Esteban Doruelo and private respondent Tomas Baga, Jr., were two of the ten candidates in the May 14, 1984 elections who vied for the two seats allocated to the province of North Cotabato in the Batasan Pambansa. On May 20, 1984, after all the elections returns had been canvassed, but...