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Sixto De La Victoria Vs. Commission On Elections

SIXTO DE LA VICTORIA, petitioner, vs. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, HEIRS OF GENOVEVA S. MEDINA represented by FAUSTINO MESINA, JR., JUAN ALAO and VICTOR S. MESINA, respondents. Constante P. Pimentel, et al. for petitioner. Regulo M. Bantasan for the Intervenor Aquilino Cantiga, Jr. Sixto, Brillantes, Jr. for Heirs of Genoveva S. Mesina. Evergisto B. Escalon for respondents Juan Alao and Victor S. Mesina.

G.R. Nos. 95275-76 | 1991-07-23

D E C I S I O N


GRIá'O-AQUINO, J.:

This petition for certiorari with preliminary injunction and/or restraining order assails the order of the Commission on Elections En Banc (COMELEC, for short) which allowed the substitution of the heirs of a deceased candidate as protestee in the election protest filed by her rival for the office of municipal mayor of Albuera, Leyte, in the local elections on February 1, 1988, and allowed the same heirs to appeal the decision of the Regional Trial Court declaring her rival (the protestant and herein petitioner), as the actual winner in that election.

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