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Irma C. Alfonso Vs. Comelec, Et Al.

IRMA C. ALFONSO, petitioner, vs. THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, THE CITY BOARD OF CANVASSERS OF THE CITY OF MANILA, and ALBERTO A. DOMINGO, respondents.

G.R. No. 107847 | 1994-06-02

D E C I S I O N


QUIASON, J.:

This is a petition for certiorari, assailing the Resolution of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) dated November 6, 1992, which denied petitioner's demand for a recount of the ballots under Article 234 of the Omnibus Election Code and the Resolution dated November 13, 1992, which denied her motion for reconsideration.

We dismiss the petition.

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In the May 11, 1992 elections, Pedro Alfonso ran for councilor in the First District of Manila, which is entitled to elect six councilors.

On the eve of the elections, Pedro Alfonso died. At about 2:45 A.M. of May 11, 1992, his daughter Irma Alfonso, petitioner...