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Lumantas, Encarnacion C., et al. Vs. Commission on Elections, et al.

ENCARNACION C. LUMANTAS, LOPE B. KAAMINO, JOSE G. TAN, ERNESTO P. IRA, BERNARDO C. PALER, and ROGELIO M. ARANAS, petitioners, vs. HONORABLE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, CIRIACO C. PASTRANO, PERCIVAL B. CATANE, ALARIC P. ACOSTA, NORBERTO B. IYOG, RICARDO O. MANCAO, JOSE B. ABUTON, and CONSTANCIO F. MICABALO, respondents.

G.R. No. L-60092 | 1984-12-26

D E C I S I O N


PLANA, J.:

In this petition for certiorari, petitioners assail the decision dated February 24, 1981 of respondent Commission on Elections (COMELEC) which dismissed the quo warranto petition they had filed against private respondents based on alleged turncoatism.

In the 1971 elections, private respondents Percival Catane, Norberto Iyog, Ricardo Mancao, Ciriaco Pastrano and Jose Abuton were elected city councilors of Oroquieta City under the Liberal Party, private respondent Alaric Acosta as city councilor under the Nacionalista Party, and private respondent Constancio Micabalo as vice-mayor under the Liberal Party. The...