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Sultan Amer Balindong vs COMELEC, et al.

SULTAN AMER BALINDONG, petitioner, vs. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS and MAYOR CABIB A. TANOG, respondents.

G.R. No. 124041 | 1996-08-09

MENDOZA, J.:


Petitioner Sultan Amer Balindong seeks to annul the resolution, dated June 26, 1995, of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC), dismissing his petition to annul the proclamation of his opponent, herein private respondent Cabib A. Tanog, as mayor of Pualas, Lanao del Sur, and the resolution, dated March 12, 1996, of the COMELEC en banc, denying petitioner's motion for reconsideration.

Petitioner and private respondent were candidates for municipal mayor of Pualas, Lanao del Sur in the elections held on May 8, 1995. After the canvass, private respondent Tanog was credited with 2,271 votes, while petitioner was credited with...