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Nilo I. Ituriaga vs. Commission on Elections, et al.

NILO I. ITURIAGA, petitioner, vs. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS and JUANITO I. RONDARIO, respondents.

G.R. No. L-52718 | 1985-04-30

D E C I S I O N


DE LA FUENTE, J.:

Petition for certiorari, etc. 1 seeking to set aside Resolution No. 8528 of the Commission on Elections which cancelled the certificate of candidacy of Nilo I. Ituriaga for the position of Municipal Mayor of Malinao, Aklan. He was the incumbent mayor of said municipality when he filed on January 4, 1980 his certificate of candidacy for the same post under the Nacionalista Party. His lone opponent for the same position was respondent Juanito I. Rondario, who was the official Kilusang Bagong Lipunan candidate.

On January 16, 1980, a petition was filed by Jocelyn R. Duero with the respondent Commission to...