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Tomas N. Joson Iii Vs. Narciso S. Nario, Et Al.

TOMAS N. JOSON III, petitioner, vs. NARCISO S. NARIO, LUIS T. SANTOS, in his capacity as Judge of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 26, at Cabanatuan City, respondent.

G.R. No. 91548 | 1990-07-13

D E C I S I O N


NARVASA, J.:

Whether or not the office of Vice-Governor of Nueva Ecija was rendered vacant by the voluntary resignation of the person duly elected thereto during the 1988 local elections, is the principal issue involved in this special civil action of certiorari. The position is now contested by said Vice-Governor, Narciso Nario who withdrew his resignation a few days after tendering it and the petitioner Tomas Joson III, the Sangguniang Panlalawigan member who obtained the highest number of votes in the same local elections of 1988, and who, upon Nario's resignation, assumed the position of Vice-Governor.

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