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Baquit S. Unda Vs. Commission On Elections, Et Al.

BAQUIT S. UNDA, petitioner, vs. HON. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, HON. DIMAPORO T. CASAR, Presiding Judge of the Regional Trial Court, Branch 10, of Lanao del Sur, and HADJI ACMAD DITANGONGAN RANGIRIS, respondents.

G.R. No. 94090 | 1990-10-18

D E C I S I O N


REGALADO, J.:

The sole issue presented herein for resolution involves the jurisdiction of the trial court over an election protest filed against a protestee who had died prior to the filing thereof.

The instant petition for certiorari seeks to annul the resolution of respondent Commission on Elections (COMELEC), promulgated on July 12, 1990 in SPR No. 1-90, dismissing the petition for certiorari, prohibition and mandamus filed by petitioner Baquit Unda and ordering the court a quo to proceed with the trial of the election protest. 1

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