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Ireneo A. Manahan vs. Arturo M. Bernardo, et al.

IRENEO A. MANAHAN, petitioner vs. HON. JUDGE ARTURO M. BERNARDO, Presiding Judge, RTC, Branch 36, Gapan, Nueva Ecija, and ABUNDIA L. GARCIA, respondents.

G.R. No. 125752 | 1997-12-22

R E S O L U T I O N


KAPUNAN, J.:

Petitioner Ireneo A. Manahan and private respondent Abundia L. Garcia were candidates for the mayoralty of the Municipality of Cabiao, Nueva Ecija during the May 8, 1995 elections.

On May 11, 1995, private respondent filed a petition with the Commission on Elections (COMELEC), docketed as SPA No. 95-180, to suspend the canvass of the election returns on account of the alleged irregularities committed by petitioner during the elections like snatching and burning of ballot boxes and preventing watchers of petitioner from taking close watch of the proceedings in the precincts. 1

On the same day, however,...