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Teodor Q. Pena vs. House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal, et al.

TEODORO Q. PENA, petitioner vs. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ELECTORAL TRIBUNAL and ALFREDO E. ABUEG JR., respondents.

G.R. No. 123037 | 1997-03-21

D E C I S I O N


TORRES, JR., J.:

Assailed herein is the October 12, 1995 Resolution 1 of the House of Representatives Electoral Tribunal (HRET) dismissing the Petition Ad Cautelam of the Petitioner Teodoro Q. Peña in HRET Case No. 95-014. Petitioner questioned the election of the private respondent Alfredo E. Abueg, Jr. as Member of the House of Representatives representing the Second District of the province of Palawan.

Petitioner and the private respondent were contenders for the said Congressional Office in the May 8, 1995 elections. On May 12, 1995, upon canvassing the votes cast, the Provincial Board of Canvassers of Palawan proclaimed...