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Rene Cordero vs Commission on Elections, et al.

RENE CORDERO, petitioner vs. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, MUNICIPAL BOARD OF CANVASSERS OF ESTANCIA, ILOILO and TRUMAN LIM, respondents.

G.R. No. 134826 | 1999-07-06

R E S O L U T I O N


PANGANIBAN, J.:

In pre-proclamation controversies, objections to the inclusion or exclusion of election returns in the canvass must be reduced to writing in the form prescribed by the Commission on Elections (Comelec). This requirement prescribed by Republic Act No. 7166 is mandatory; any appeal of a ruling of the board of canvassers shall be summarily dismissed by the Comelec, unless the accomplished forms and the supporting evidence are appended thereto.

The Case

Before us is a Petition for Certiorari under Rules 64 and 65 of the Rules of Court assailing the Resolution1 [Rollo, pp. 22-29.] of the Commission on...