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Pimping vs. COMELEC [SEPARATE OPINION, DISSENTING, TEEHANKEE, J.]

MAHADI M. PIMPING, petitioner, vs. COMELEC and SALAM N. PANGADAPUN, respondents.

G.R. Nos. L-69765-67 | 1985-11-19

DISSENTING OPINION

TEEHANKEE, J.:

I regret to say that respondent Comelec's joint decision in the election protests at bar involving the results of the January 30, 1980 elections for the mayoralty, vice-mayoralty and members of the Sangguniang Panglungsod of Marawi City represents another of those unpredictable and improvised Comelec decisions wherein it arbitrarily disregards the settled rules and the parties' basic rights to due process.

Instead of appointing commissioners or revisors to conduct the recount and appreciation of the votes in the contested voting centers or precincts, which constitute the primary evidence to...